Short answer: We don't really know how the universe was created, though most astrophysicists believe it started with the Big Bang. We know that we live in an expanding universe. That means the ...

So how was this unimaginably giant Universe created? For centuries scientists thought the Universe always existed in a largely unchanged form, run like clockwork thanks to the laws of physics.

Most people have at least a few embarrassing photos from their early childhood - and the universe is no different. Scientists from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration have reevaled ...

And while 388,000 years may seem like an indescribably long time to humans, the universe is currently around 13.8 billion years old—meaning these photos are equivalent to "hours-old baby ...

the two new images reveal the universe when it was about 380,000 years old—the equivalent of hours-old baby pictures of a middle-aged adult. "We have produced two images of the very early ...

Sure, they're not your typical baby pictures. But a global team of researchers says new images published this week show some of the clearest visualizations yet of the universe in its infancy.

There ought to be density fluctuations that the Universe is "created" with: these are cosmic imperfections imprinted on the Universe, on all scales, from the end of cosmic inflation. They show up ...