"The discrepancy between the observed expansion rate of the universe and the predictions of the standard model suggests that ...

NOVA: Is it realistic to hope that we can ever fully understand the universe, or is that arrogant in some way? Lykken: A lot of people wonder how far we can push our deep understanding of the ...

An analogy that's used in the NOVA program that I'm quite fond of is: We are certainly aware of intelligent beings on this planet whose capacity to understand the deep laws of the universe is limited.

This summer, a dead star in a nearby galaxy flared back to life in an abnormally brilliant but brief nova, providing astronomers ... to be common across the universe, yet only a handful of members ...

Acclaimed astrophysicist and science communicator Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is set to bring his 'Search for Life in the ...

Physicists soon will be closer than ever to answering fundamental questions about the origins of the universe by learning ...