In this video, we explore the fundamental question: Why is there something rather than nothing? Using a Socratic approach, we survey the best scientific ideas in physics regarding how a universe could ...

Zeeya Merali is a science writer and author of A Big Bang in a Little Room. She also edits the Foundational Questions Institute website, where she blogs and cohosts a physics podcast. A version of ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the ...

Does what we conceive of as “nothing” even exist? According to quantum field theory—which is thought to be the most successful theory in all of physics for its ability to predict results of all kinds ...

I've long been fascinated by the fundamental mystery of our universe's origin. In my work, I explore an alternative to the traditional singularity-based models of cosmology. Instead of a universe ...

Gigantic deserts of almost complete nothingness that make up most of the universe may be causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, new research suggests. That means these vast tracts of ...

Ever have one of those days where absolutely nothing goes your way? You spill your coffee, you blow a tire, you experience a random disaster that feels just a little too perfectly timed to be ...