The universe — everything in existence — is expanding every second! It's only been about a hundred years that humanity has known this, too — that most galaxies are traveling away from us and ...

Scientists have discovered the most powerful blasts of energy in the known universe. Dubbed extreme nuclear transients, or ENTs, the cosmic explosions are unprecedented in their intensity.

By studying CMB temperature fluctuations on different scales, we can essentially “listen” to the sound of the early universe, which is especially “noisy” at particular scales.

The universe began its "life" about 13.8 billion years ago in an enormous explosion -- the Big Bang. The event gave rise to an abundance of subatomic particles such as quarks and electrons.

Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void by Indranil Banik, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...