For decades, cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal: if it looks the same no matter the scale. And the answer is: no, not really. But in some ways, yes.

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Fractal geometry introduces a paradigm in which spacetime exhibits scale-dependent structure characterised by non-integer dimensions. In quantum cosmology, such structures arise naturally when ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Black holes are perhaps the strangest, least-understood objects in our universe. With so much ...

Stars crowd together into galaxies, galaxies assemble into clusters, and clusters amass to form superclusters. Astronomers, probing ever-larger volumes of the cosmos, have been surprised again and ...

Formation of complex symmetrical and fractal patterns in snowflakes exemplifies emergence in a physical system. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Formation of complex symmetrical and fractal patterns ...