According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent ...

This idea—first proposed by English physicist Brandon Carter in 1973—is known as the “anthropic principle,” or AP, and its purpose is to explore the question of whether the universe we ...

A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and ...

constellation Canes Venatici — as a reference point. The universe is expanding faster than astronomers can explain, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Building on earlier ...

The Anthropic Principle—stating that the universe we live in is fine-tuned to host life—was first proposed by Brandon Carter in 1973. Since then, it has sparked significant debate. Now ...

Ever since the early 20 th century, we’ve known that the universe is expanding. Exactly how quickly it’s expanding, however, remains something of a vexed question. Until now, our theoretical ...

New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope contradict traditional theories about early galaxy formation, revealing ...