Scientists are using cosmic distortions in light to test a bold idea: that the Universe might not be as symmetrical as we’ve ...

The new results challenge a core tenet of modern cosmology. The universe may not be the same in every direction after all. The expansion rate of the universe appears to vary from place to place, a ...

Well, the multiverse theory puts into describing other universes beside this one. Many ask this question: Is there any actual ...

In cosmology, that's elevated to a principle. The Universe is isotropic, meaning it's (roughly) the same in every direction. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the strongest evidence for the ...

“This stems from the idea that we live in an ‘isotropic’ universe, which means that the universe looks roughly the same in ...

Is the universe infinite or do we say that because ... describing a spacetime that is homogeneous (same everywhere) and isotropic (has no preferred direction). This simple cosmology is ...

The new study takes aim at a key assumption of the standard model: that the universe is homogeneous and isotropic on large scales, meaning it looks the same in every direction and from every ...

Einstein believed that the universe is the same observed from any point at any time — homogeneous, isotropic and timeless. To explain the observed redshift of distant galaxies in such a steady ...

It describes a strictly homogeneous, isotropic universe that can be expanding or contracting. Strict homogeneity and strict isotropy means that the universe described by an FLRW metric looks the ...

In contrast, the universe is thought to be homogeneous and isotropic. Isotropic means that all directions appear the same; this property of the universe is well established by observations that ...

Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center. Sutter is also host of Ask a Spaceman, We Don't Planet and COSI Science Now.