Cosmic strings are theoretical fault lines in the universe, defective links between different regions of space created in the moments after the Big Bang. And they might be theoretical no longer – ...

These weird defects in space-time should be out there, somewhere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M. Sutter is an ...

The universe began with a bang—an explosion so intense, it forged the fabric of space and time itself. This pivotal moment, known as the Big Bang, marked the birth of everything we see, know, and are.

Many models of the universe predict the existence of countless invisible strings stretching across space. New research finds a way these strings might snap — and how we could feel the fallout. When ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As cosmic strings — exotic wrinkles in space-time left over from the earliest moments of the Big ...

This article was previously misattributed. The correct attribution is Brian Koberlein from One Universe at a Time. We regret our error. A cosmic string is a very long ...

A new study may help answer one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: Why is there more matter than antimatter? That answer, in turn, could explain why everything from atoms to black holes exists.

HOW long is a piece of string? In this case, as long as the entire universe is wide. But then cosmic strings aren’t your average twine. Thinner than a proton and stretching for billions of light years ...

The cosmic microwave background as seen by the WMAP satellite “If you’re religious, it’s like seeing God.” So said George Smoot of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1992 when he announced the ...