When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The James Webb Space Telescope's view of the iconic Pillars of Creation, famous features within ...

Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life. The values of the many forces and particles, represented by some 30 so-called ...

First, the Earth turns out to be a middling planet that's not at the centre of the universe revolving around it. Then, the Sun is just a middling star that's not at the centre of the universe. Then, ...

Is the universe 'tuned' to support life, and ultimately us? Physicists Nemanja Kaloper and Alexander Westphal have proposed ways to test this Anthropic principle. (Image of deep star field from the ...

For decades physicists have been perplexed about why our cosmos appears to have been precisely tuned to foster intelligent life. It is widely thought that if the values of certain physical parameters, ...

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Our universe seems to be perfectly suited for life. But anyone who claims that's evidence of a multiverse is falling prey to a logical fallacy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

One of the most startling scientific discoveries of recent decades is that physics appears to be fine-tuned for life. This means that for life to be possible, certain numbers in physics had to fall ...

I like the one where believers feel God plants fake evidence (like some bad cop!)..just to test our faith. Click to expand... Terry Pratchett's Strata sort of touched on this idea by his protagonists ...