Mathematical evidence indicates that our universe is flat, but it could be infinitely big, as well. You can figure out if an object is flat with a simple pencil-and-paper geometry exercise. To ...

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain ...

Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above ... “Now, in my opinion, we have the first very strong evidence that some of the core is actually ending ...

Earlier this year, new research suggested a potential solution to one of the most troubling aspects of modern physics — that ...

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When Australian scientists presented evidence in 2016 of life on Earth 3.7 billion years ago - pushing the record back 220 million years - it was a big deal, influencing even the search for life on ...

Does the exploding sun affect the earth immediately or only after 8 minutes? Einstein created the General Theory of ...