We do not yet know whether the sun-like stars closest to us, the α Centauri A/B binary, harbor an Earth-like...
In the 21st century, planetary scientists have become increasingly aware that subsurface oceans consisting of liquid water exist within objects...
The inner workings of heat conduction in galaxy clusters have been unraveled by a collaboration of international researchers led by...
Researchers have provided the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date...
For the first time, NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) has observed the merging of multimillion-degree X-ray spots on...
Right now, some 182 million miles (293 million kilometers) separate the red clay of Alabama from the dusty red planet...
In 2020, the X-ray telescope eRosita took images of two enormous bubbles extending far above and below the center of...
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands have for the first...
Astronomers may have detected a “sonic boom” from a powerful blast known as a kilonova. This event was seen in...
A tiny experiment launching to the International Space Station later this year could set the stage for a future global...
A black hole gets a large corona before it emits jets. This is revealed, among other things, by the heartbeat...
Editor’s note: Experts expect the crash did occur as predicted, but are still waiting for visual verification. On March 4,...
