Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the ...

A series of viral social media posts drew attention to an old cosmological theory-that our universe began from a collision ...

In 1998, astronomers discovered dark energy. The finding, which transformed our conception of the cosmos, came with a little-known consequence: It threw a wrench into the already daunting task of ...

Ever wondered how physicists got a reputation for being boring, cosmologists tedious? Wonder no more as Horizon shows what these some of these highly intelligent doyens of the science world have been ...