Ultimately, string theory remains a hopeful candidate for putting all the pieces of the cosmic puzzle together. If it works out, scientists could finally unravel the mysteries about how quantum ...

Witten: There are a lot of conceivable ways we could get experimental information that would help with string theory. Explorations of cosmology, studying the cosmic background microwave radiation ...

Once dismissed, the cosmic string hypothesis gains traction with its ties to String Theory, providing a possible glimpse into higher dimensions. If proven, cosmic strings could serve as ...

String theory is perhaps the most high-profile candidate for what physicists call a theory of everything – a single mathematical framework capable of describing the entirety of the known universe.

"Even more striking is their nearly perfect alignment in the sky, forming a distinct 'string of cosmic pearls ... galaxies challenges our best theory of cosmic evolution, the standard model ...

Although gravity is dominant over large cosmic scales and near very large ... and general relativity – although attempts such as string theory and loop quantum gravity have so far failed to ...