Higgs was one of the biggest names in particle physics and his work transformed our understanding of the universe.
If the universe is teeming with intelligent alien civilizations, why have we still not been contacted by them ?
One theory suggests that everything in the universe, even the chair you are sitting on, has some level of consciousness.
Scientists have proposed a possible new explanation for the origins and nature of dark matter.
Many physicists assume that we must be living in a multiverse - but their basic maths may be wrong.
The second law of infodynamics seems to add credence to the idea that the world we live in isn't actually real.
The nature of consciousness and whether or not it pervades the entire universe has long remained a topic of debate.
Physicist Rajendra Gupta takes a look at why the universe might actually be 26.7, rather than 13.8 billion years old.
Jupiter is pretty big, but there are other, much larger planets to be found lurking in the depths of the cosmos.
The Harvard astronomer believes that sufficiently advanced extraterrestrials could achieve almost anything.
An astronomical object resembling the curious symbol has appeared in the background of an image of the Vela Constellation.
Theoretical particle physicist Anne-Katherine Burns takes a look at the latest research and what it could all mean.
The world-famous physicist Albert Einstein wrote a letter to a religious studies tutor back in April 1950.
Scientists have long believed that the universe is expanding, but what if it isn't ?
It might sound unthinkable, but is our universe simply the interior of a black hole that is situated within another universe ?
One University of Louisville computer scientist has been exploring possible ways to escape to the 'real world'.
Astrophysicist Martin Rees takes a renewed look at the question of whether or not we live in a universe of universes.
The head of space exploration at the UK Space Agency remains adamant that we are not alone in the universe.
The quantum world is thought to break some of our most fundamental intuitions about how the universe works.
Dark energy could be the key to understanding a cyclical universe that contracts and expands over and over again.