For centuries, cartographers have sought to map Earth’s land masses and seas to better understand the world and their place in it. Now, astrophysicists have taken a major step toward doing the same ...

For most of modern cosmology, scientists have worked with a surprisingly simple assumption: the mysterious force driving the universe's accelerating expansion has remained unchanged throughout cosmic ...

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: If we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos. This is known as the cosmological ...

Einstein’s cosmological constant was initially introduced to create a static universe but was later abandoned. Astronomers ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that teleology is a remnant of antiquated ways of thinking about causation, and ...