When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of primordial black holes gathering matter to form the first generation of stars.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Conceptual illustration depicting matter transitioning from a black hole to a white hole. | ...

We preselected all newsletters you had before unsubscribing.

How did the universe form? A few things we know about the universe: it’s infinite, it’s littered with black holes, and thinking about it can make your brain hurt. And one of those things we don’t know ...

A computational model of the early-to-present-day Universe predicts that some of the first stars formed in structures that challenge conventional classification. Read the paper: The emergence of ...

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed inside a colossal black hole residing in a larger, parent universe. The Big ...