Watch Pop Mech ’s Jackie Appel reveal the story of how two men from New Jersey named Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson made one of the most important discoveries in the history of astronomy—by accident.

The reason that teams on multiple telescopes in all different directions could hear this noise is that this annoying sound was actually the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)—radiation left over from ...

Asking what existed before the Big Bang is often dismissed as meaningless, since traditional physics breaks down when pushed ...

A "naked" black hole created moments after the Big Bang could rewrite our understanding of cosmic history. New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have shed light on a mysterious "little red ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Big Bang Theory was never short on scientific expertise, nerdy references, and an encyclopedic ...

"The Big Bang Theory's" writers cracked audiences up for over a decade, but there were some hilarious unscripted moments that ...

“The Big Bang Theory” may have ended, but it lives on in the form of several spinoffs. Given the success of prequels “Young Sheldon” (2017-2024) and “Georgie & Mandie’s First Marriage” (2024-present), ...

Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) standing in the doorway of the apartment while Penny looks confused in The Big Bang Theory Image via CBS In the beginning was the Big Bang, followed by ...