Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. How will the universe end? – Iez M., age 9, ...

Roughly 14 billion years ago, a tiny pinpoint of extreme heat and density erupted in a grand explosion, leading to the creation of between 100 billion and 2 trillion galaxies, one of them being our ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made a significant breakthrough in the field of astronomy by refining the age of the Methuselah Star, also known as HD 140283. This star, first identified in 1908, ...

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe. Tantalizing evidence hints that dark energy might be evolving, ...

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30 years ago, the Age of Apocalypse storyline revealed a dark alternate timeline where Apocalypse conquered Earth. However, in the current history of Earth-616, Apocalypse has bequeathed his power to ...