The Big Bang theory is supported by the observed expansion of the universe and the cosmic microwave background radiation. The universe's early moments involved a hot, dense state with the formation of ...

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Physicists are quietly entertaining one of the strangest ideas in modern cosmology: that the cosmos we see might be only half ...

The JWST provides an intriguing look at the early universe, but it's not yet rewriting fundamental theories of the cosmos. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at ...

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Figure 1: A schematic diagram showing how researchers can study radiation from the early universe using an infrared reflective filter with a moth eye structure created by a pulsed laser process.

How did we get here? Humanity, life on Earth, our planet itself—how did everything in the universe come into being? Well, as far as we know, it all started with the Big Bang. But while the Big Bang ...

What is the Big Bang? Simply put, it’s our modern understanding of the history and evolution of the universe. It is not, however, a theory of the creation of our cosmos, because we do not understand ...