The big bang wasn’t a bang in the traditional sense—but it was nonetheless the start of important things: for one, space; another, time. Thirdly, it began the conditions and processes that eventually ...

While smashing lead atoms into each other at extremely high speeds in an effort to mimic the state of the universe just after ...

LOS ANGELES -- The cast and crew of the "The Big Bang Theory" and the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation have teamed up with University of California, Los Angeles to create a scholarship for students in ...

Imagine we had somehow filmed the whole history of the universe and you could play the movie in reverse. It would start off much as things stand today: a vast and elegant web of galaxies and nebulae.

The discovery of what existed before what we consider modern-day matter has led scientists to change their view of cosmology ...

Emma Chapman reviews Battle of the Big Bang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper Before the bang That the universe evolved from a "hot Big Bang" is not in question, ...

(via Dr. Becky) The Big Bang Theory is nearly perfect, except for one glaring problem - where is all the lithium? According to the theory predictions there should be over three times as much lithium ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...