This April, the final story set in Marvel's new Ultimate Universe arrives in Ultimate Universe Finale #1 along with the final ...

Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the beginning of the universe? The short answer is "no." But the long answer ...

In a monumental breakthrough, scientists have recreated the universe’s first molecule, helium hydride (HeH⁺), solving a puzzle that has baffled astronomers for over 13 billion years. The discovery ...

About 13.8 billion years ago, the newborn universe was a blazing sea of energy and particles. Within minutes of the Big Bang, conditions had cooled enough for the very first atoms—mostly hydrogen, ...

Earlier theories had forecast an appreciable drop in the reaction probability at low temperatures, but we could not confirm this either in the experiment or in new calculations by our colleagues on ...

"Challenging long-held assumptions is essential to scientific progress." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A team of scientists is ...