Computer graphics, astronomical data and the emerging field of "conformal geometric algebra" are giving researchers a clearer picture of the shape of the universe. Michael Kanellos is editor at large ...

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Cosmic inflation tries to describe one brief but crucial phase in the Big Bang that launched the universe onto its expansion course. Credit: Christine Daniloff / MIT / ESA / Hubble / NASA Many ...

Within a month of the Big Bang, a second cosmic explosion may have given the universe its invisible dark matter, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.—Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Humans have many ...