Nearly half a century ago, physicists proposed that the universe might be trapped in a metastable state known as a false vacuum. This state appears stable but could, over immense timescales, ...

The Big Freeze The Big Freeze, also known as the Heat Death, is a scenario where the universe continues expanding indefinitely. As it expands, it slowly cools down. Imagine leaving an ice cube out on ...

The universe could end not with a bang, but a whimper known as “false vacuum decay.” In a new study, scientists leveraged the ...

New research explores the mechanics behind the "false vacuum" theory, the idea that the universe is in a state of only ...

But what does modern science have to say about the Universe’s end, and is it as dramatic as some of these ancient narratives? Though Earth’s future is likely secure for the next few billion ...

The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...

The article explores several potential scenarios for the end of the universe, including heat death, the Big Rip, the Big Crunch, phase transitions, and conformal cyclic cosmology. It highlights ...

From unifying quantum physics and gravity to working out what is dark matter, the universe has some deep questions that remain unanswered.

Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many ...