The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy. Everything on ...

When you bake a loaf of bread or a batch of muffins, you put the dough into a pan. As the dough bakes in the oven, it expands into the baking pan. Any chocolate chips or blueberries in the muffin ...

Although it has ancient roots, the meaning of infinity remains baffling, and it seems to have absolutely no bearing on everyday life. The mathematics of infinity is complex, but it isn’t simply a very ...

Recent research by a team of Australian psychology professors tested the impact that focusing on the enormity of the universe has on mental health, feeling connected to others, and empathy. Before I ...

Doesn’t seem like much of a brainteaser, does it? Everyone knows the sky darkens at night because the sun sets … or more accurately, because our part of planet Earth rotates away from the sun, and ...