Measurements of the amount of lithium in the universe combined with precision data from the cosmic microwave background are challenging our understanding both of stellar astrophysics and possibly even ...

Spread the loveIn a remarkable breakthrough, researchers at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville have unraveled a 20-year-old mystery concerning the creation of gold, one of the most coveted ...

Inflation, in the context of the big bang theory, refers to the episode of exponential expansion of the very early universe indicated by particle physics' Grand Unified Theories (Extensive references ...

The field of astrophysics continues to probe the extreme regimes of matter and gravity through studies of neutron stars and black holes. These compact objects, forged in the aftermath of stellar ...

WAUKESHA, WI – Today, observers see galaxies rushing away from each other in our expanding universe. But if you run cosmic evolution backward, everything draws together. The cosmos become denser, ...