The universe may be vast, but researchers have multiple points of evidence that reveal its shape.

Physicists have created a 3D shape called the cosmohedron, which can be used to reconstruct the quantum wavefunction of the ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

The universe could be boundless, continuing in all directions without end, or it could be sealed up in a compact shape such as a sphere or doughnut. Of course, modern scientists have wondered about ...

Approximately 13.8 billion years ago, the universe originated from a singularity, swiftly expanding and cooling to create the ...

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights ...

Using Einstein's general relativity, we found basically that the shape of the universe could differ in rather dramatic ways, but yet the physics that we would see wouldn't bear any imprint of that ...