The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...

You’ve looked up at the night sky. Maybe you’ve wondered how much you don’t know. Turns out, the scale of our ignorance about the cosmos is staggering. Recent findings are challenging what we thought ...

Nobel physics laureate and former Princeton professor Frank Wilczek GS '74 gave a lecture Thursday night titled "The Universe is a Strange Place," in which he discussed gaps in our understanding of ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever created using the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing nearly 800,000 galaxies stretching back ...

New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...