Multiple independent analyses of the oldest light in the universe now point to a subtle but persistent twist in its polarization, a signal that, if confirmed, cannot be explained by the Standard Model ...

Researchers have shown that a discrepancy in a key cosmic measurement in the early universe originates from a subtle ...

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Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe Summary: Future missions will be able to find signatures of violating the parity-symmetry in the cosmic microwave background ...

According to a new study published as an Editor’s Suggestion in Physical Review D, researchers from The University of Tokyo ...

Scientists are reeling from an unexpected blow after news that a much anticipated future observatory—designed to decipher the earliest moments of cosmic history—won’t be able to proceed with its ...