Elementary particles were created. And, eventually, the cosmic flash dance left behind scars in the fabric of space-time. Physicists call them cosmic strings. Like stretch marks left on skin that ...

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NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, satellites at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida, March 2015. (NASA via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected cosmic ...

Thick disk stars were born in an epoch when the Milky Way was furiously producing stars, a time astronomers call cosmic noon. “It was the most intense period of star formation ever.” ...

Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like chirping birds in an unexpected place NEW YORK -- Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place.

However, Lane and his colleagues tested an alternative idea called the timescape model, which suggests that the apparent acceleration could be a byproduct of cosmic structures like voids — vast ...

What is the structure of our physical reality? Physicists have long imagined space and time interweaving into “space-time”, the metaphorical fabric that underlies the cosmos. But there may be ...

Related: The Milky Way could be part of a much larger 'cosmic neighborhood' than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe The new image will enable scientists to better ...

China’s record US$3.7 billion investment in a Sri Lankan oil refinery has sparked fresh security concerns in India, analysts say, as New Delhi sees the growing Chinese presence near its borders ...

BANGKOK -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will wrap up his inaugural visit to China Friday after securing a landmark investment deal that can help his country's struggling economy ...

Mahakumbh 2025 continues to amaze devotees as the world’s largest Mahamrityunjay Yantra becomes a central attraction. On the fifth day of this grand spiritual gathering, millions of pilgrims flocked ...

That timeline means that this supermassive black hole, estimated to have a mass around 200 million times that of the sun, existed in a vital cosmic period known as the "epoch of reionization." ...