Space is full of mysteries. Every time we think we’ve seen it all, something new comes along that challenges everything we ...

Researchers aim to explore hidden aspects of the universe that could fundamentally transform our understanding of the cosmos ...

The team suggests that if there are small mountains on pulsars, China’s FAST (Five- hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released the first images taken by its record-breaking 3,200-megapixel digital camera—the ...

In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

This stunning Hubble view of spiral galaxy UGC 11397 captures more than graceful arms and glowing stars—it hides a ravenous ...

A new kind of stellar explosion, far brighter and longer-lasting than supernovae, may help scientists explore the secrets of ...

In the 1960s, an unexpected gift from the Air Force led Herb Weiss ’40 to develop an antenna that could track a speeding ...

These cosmic filaments contain 12 trillion solar masses of 10-million-degree gas, helping solve the "missing matter" mystery.

Everything in space—from Earth and the sun to black holes—accounts for just 15% of all matter in the universe. The rest of ...