Astronomers have proposed a new theory to suggest why our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. That our universe is expanding is in wide agreement, though how exactly that process happens is ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the dreams of science fiction enthusiasts when he began to study the limits of ...

Physicists have taken a bold step beyond Einstein's special theory of relativity, proposing an expansion of special relativity that includes observers moving faster than light. This fresh perspective ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

The universe is expanding faster and faster, but not all scientists agree that dark energy is the cause. Perhaps, instead, our universe keeps colliding with and absorbing smaller 'baby universes,' a ...

But outside of the lab, the everyday world doesn’t behave this way. Planets, stars, and even cats don’t appear in multiple states at once. The universe follows predictable rules, behaving classically ...

James Mangold has expressed his dislike for multi-movie universes, saying that even he is surprised by some of the projects he has taken on. Mangold, the filmmaker behind big franchise movies such as ...

Our universe may be fundamentally unstable. In a flash, the vacuum of space-time may find a new ground state, triggering a cataclysmic transformation of the physics of the universe. Or not. A new ...

The universe is a fascinating tapestry of possibilities, woven from the threads of quantum mechanics. Among the most ...

Dealing with cranks is an occupational hazard for most scientists, but it’s especially bad for physicists and astronomers. Those who study the cosmos for a living tend to be bombarded with letters, ...

Discovering what happens to planets, stars, galaxies, and black holes in the far, far future. Also, discovering what the 'Big Rip' and the 'Big Crunch' are. And exploring the science of the multiple ...