The Universe had a beginning, and it will have an end. Modern cosmology — the study of the nature and evolution of the cosmos itself — has allowed physicists to explain the history of the Universe ...

Some of the ideas in Marcus Chown’s article about “extra” dimensions and warped brane universes sounded awfully familiar (20 May, p 34). It wasn’t long ago that physicists were convinced that light ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American What does it say about particle physics that ...

Scientists genuinely don't know what most of our universe is made of. The atoms we're made from only make up four per cent. The rest is dark matter and dark energy (for 'dark', read 'don't know'). The ...