Scientists are exploring the possibility of a looped universe, where space folds back on itself like a hall of mirrors. New ...

Could the shape of the universe be tricking us? A new study suggests the universe could be shaped in a way that creates ...

George Smoot, who led the team that first measured tiny fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, passed away on 18 ...

New research suggests the universe may be lopsided. Cosmic microwave background and galaxy data hint at directional differences, challenging cosmology’s assumption of uniformity and standard ...

Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.

New research challenges the standard cosmological model, suggesting that the universe may be asymmetric or lopsided rather than uniform in all directions.

By studying how light from eight distant quasars is gravitationally lensed as it propagates towards Earth, astronomers have ...

Is our universe the first? Nobel laureate Roger Penrose believes there was another universe before ours, and our beginning was the end of another. While his theory has been dismissed, people have ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scientists have moved a step closer to solving one of the universe's biggest mysteries, with new research suggesting that dark matter and neutrinos -- two of its least understood components -- may ...

Dark energy may be the most mysterious substance ever proposed, but many scientists are certain it exists. Why?