Physical cosmology, as a branch of astrophysics, is the study of the large-scale structure of the universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its formation and evolution. Cosmology ...

When we think of cosmology, we might think of some of its most complex scientific theories, such as inflation or the general theory of relativity. Or we might consider its astounding discoveries, such ...

IN a recent article on cosmology and electrodynamics, Hoyle and Narlikar 1 have argued that the direct action electrodynamics of Wheeler and Feynman 2 may be used as evidence that the steady state ...

For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with ...

I’m Astronomy magazine Associate Editor Liz Kruesi. Welcome to Cosmology 101. In this series I’ll give you an overview of important ideas in the area of cosmology. This video is the first in the ...

Three papers published in JCAP presenting the sixth and final data release of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope offer a new map of the “infant” Universe, confirm the “Hubble tension,” and rule out a set ...

What existed before the big bang? What is the nature of time? Is our universe one of many? On the big questions science cannot (yet?) answer, a new crop of philosophers are trying to provide answers.