“Bazinga?” The term, pilfered from popular culture, might just capture the befuddlement that lingers around the Big Bang. For decades, the picture of a cosmic firecracker matter exploded outward from ...

Energy transformed into matter during the Big Bang. The Big Bang was less of an explosion than a transformation of energy into matter.

In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.—Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Humans have many ...

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

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