Suppose the birth of the universe was not a definite start, but a cosmological rebound far within a black hole? This radical idea has been picking up steam as new theoretical research, spearheaded by ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Professor Enrique Gaztanaga said that the current Big Bang theory was problematic as the laws of physics “broke down” when ...

Ryan Cooke, a professor at Durham University’s Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, and Max Pettini, a professor of observational astronomy at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy, were ...

But not all the matter formed by Big Bang nucleosynthesis condensed in its lowest-energy state. As high-energy matter settled into its lowest-energy state, it released that energy in the form of ...

The Big Bang Theory explains how the universe began with an infinitely hot and dense single point ... He-3, Li-7, and Deuterium). These were formed during the era of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis ...

This is a trigger for the process called Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). ... Near the Big Bang singularity, spacetime takes on a structure similar to foam. NASA/CXC/M.Weiss.

How did everything begin? It’s a question that humans have pondered for thousands of years. Over the last century or so, science has homed in on an answer: the Big Bang. This describes how the ...

Stellar nucleosynthesis is the process by which stars forge elements inside their cores. ... it was formed in the initial aftermath of the Big Bang. The cores of stars have crushing pressures and ...

Abstract: Professor Hal describes the Big Bang, introduces us to the main actors who discovered the evidence for it and expands upon the evidence for it. He explains where the elements come from and ...