It’s unclear whether science as a discipline—and scientists as people—will ever be able to answer some questions definitively ...

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Examine the varied employment options available with a degree in cosmology. Graduates use advanced skills in mathematical ...

Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them ...

From the vastness of galaxies to the enigma of dark matter, cosmology reveals the boundless nature of the universe ...

A supercharged neutrino that smashed into our planet in 2023 may have been spit out by an exploding primordial black hole ...

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Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world ...

Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing that idea is challenging.

The mystery of dark matter—unseen, pervasive, and essential in standard cosmology—has loomed over physics for decades. In new ...

In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics ...

Jiaming Li Publishes the First Illuminating Work Preserving an Endangered Indigenous Spiritual Tradition Cultural ...