String theory is a purported theory of everything that physicists hope will one day explain … everything. All the forces, all the particles, all the constants, all the things under a single ...

A new underground facility called DUNE, which will accelerate particles for 800 miles between Illinois and South Dakota, could reveal the hidden dimensions of the universe, new research suggests.

The universe's vastness challenges human comprehension. It contains trillions of galaxies and countless stars. Pluto's ...

The largest known structure in the observable universe, measuring approximately 10 billion light years in length. However, none of these structures compare to the sheer size of the Hercules ...

String theorists are betting that extra dimensions do indeed exist; in fact, the equations that describe superstring theory require a universe with no fewer than 10 dimensions. But even physicists ...

Astronomers widely accept that the universe formed in the Big Bang approximately 13.8 billion years ago. It has been expanding ever since. This expansion explains how a 13.8-billion-year-old ...

to probe these hidden dimensions through neutrino behavior. Neutrinos are among the universe's most elusive particles, earning them the nickname "ghost particles." There are three known types ...