When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents ...

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

Mathematics and physics share a close, reciprocal relationship. Mathematics offers the language and tools to describe physical phenomena, while physics drives the development of new mathematical ideas ...

The universe may be flat, but could still be shaped like a doughnut, weird patterns in leftover light from the Big Bang suggest. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Einstein's 1917 paper, "Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity," applied general relativity to the universe as a whole, establishing a firmer basis for cosmology. To create a ...

Dark matter and gas in the universe. There may be more dark matter than we think. Credit: Illustris, CC BY-SA No matter how elegant your theory is, experimental data will have the last word.

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) When you look at your ...