Compared with the first possibility ... in Einstein's equations describing the dynamics of the universe—tries to expand the fabric of space, pushing everything apart. The basic proposition ...

As The Infinite Monkey Cage explores what we know about the subatomic particles that form our universe ... why they don’t all spin off into space. That’s where dark matter comes in: scientists ...

The fabric of space and ... This quirk of space-time is not only observable and measurable, it's an excellent tool for understanding the Universe. But a team of researchers has just found that ...

Do we create space-time? A new perspective on the fabric of reality Much of the understanding we have of the make-up of our universe comes from probing matter at smaller and smaller scales.

A giant structure lurking in the distant Universe is fundamentally undermining ... are a type of “topological defect” in the fabric of space-time known as cosmic strings.