The most confounding question that arises from the big bang theory is a simple one: If the big bang is the origin of the universe, what happened before?

We now possess the means of exploring many of the great questions of our place in the universe. But will we find the answers we’re looking for?

The term “theory” in science is lavished only on ideas that appear to have predictive power. But is this like performing a magician’s secret-number trick?

One physicist not on the big bang bandwagon is Geoffrey Burbidge. Now in his 80s, he has argued against the big bang for 50 years.

Hubble became known as the man who made the smartest man in the world change his mind about the structure of the universe.

Is science opening the way to a new form of human spirituality that will transcend ancient ideas of a supernatural creator? Astronomer Nahum Arav seems to think so.

A successful space shuttle mission such as the recent Endeavor journey is a triumph of human ingenuity and inventiveness over the harsh elements of extraterrestrial travel.

“Where did the universe come from?” The “big bang” theory has become the dominant answer to that question. But what happened before the big bang?

Whatever his intentions and sources were, Edgar Allan Poe would probably be surprised by how well his ideas are borne out in modern cosmology’s story of the universe.

Despite the wealth of knowledge gained both during the International Geophysical Year and since, too many of us may still take the Earth for granted.