A mysterious cosmic twine cuts through the heart of the Milky Way. The string has baffled astronomers since its discovery in 2016. Now an image with the highest-ever resolution of the strange strand ...

One of the strangest ideas about the nature of the universe could be one of the most important. Do long, thin, and incredibly dense strands of matter called cosmic strings wind their way throughout ...

This article was previously misattributed. The correct attribution is Brian Koberlein from One Universe at a Time. We regret our error. A cosmic string is a very long ...

Remember that time in the Lord of the Rings lore when the dwarves of Moria dug too greedily and too deep, unearthing the Balrog, an ancient horror not meant to roam free in the modern age? Cosmic ...

The Big Bang theory explains how the universe came to be – but, ironically, if followed to the letter it also suggests that we shouldn’t exist today. That’s because equal amounts of matter and ...

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, host of Ask a Spaceman and "Space Radio," and author of "Your Place in the Universe." Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's ...

Why haven’t scientists been able to provide proof of the “Cosmic Strings” that they claim surround the universe? A new theory suggests that it’s because the strings have broken and gotten lost in time ...