Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That’s the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that UB physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010. They suggested that ...

An international team of scientists has come up with a new explanation for why space occupies three dimensions. The theory hinges upon flux tubes, which are comprised of quarks held together by gluons ...

Physicists who work with a concept called string theory envision our universe as an eerie place with at least nine spatial dimensions, six of them hidden from us, perhaps curled up in some way so they ...

This could be the way the world ends. First, a pair of cosmic protons smash together at unimaginable speeds. The tremendous energy of their crash would create a tiny, ephemeral black hole, so small ...

You experience daily life in three spatial dimensions (and one dimension of time). You move forward and backward, step left and right, and go up and down stairs as you move around your world. But ...

New anomalies discovered in cosmic background radiation suggests our universe smacks into pocket dimensions as it grows. We have countless movies, TV shows, comic books, and video games preparing us ...

In our universe there is a big problem with gravity. It is far weaker than the other fundamental forces and scientists cannot explain why. One proposal is that its energy is leaking into other, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Like a bit of froth on the crest of an ocean wave, our observable universe may be nothing more ...

You experience daily life in three spatial dimensions (and one dimension of time). You move forward and backward, step left and right, and go up and down stairs as you move around your world. But ...