For the first time, scientists believe they have detected a merger of two black holes with eccentric orbits. According to...
Most galaxies, including our own, grow by accumulating new material and turning them into stars—that much is known. What has...
Black holes are often described as the monsters of the universe—tearing apart stars, consuming anything that comes too close, and...
A Southwest Research Institute scientist set out to prove that the tiny, innermost moon of Saturn was a frozen inert...
An international team of astronomers has taken a step forward in understanding the evolution of galaxies, and in so doing,...
Just over a month ago, scientists from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released the complete dataset of 10,000 galaxies...
NASA’s InSight lander is stable and sending health data from Mars to Earth after going into safe mode Friday, Jan....
The Earth sits in a 1,000-light-year-wide void surrounded by thousands of young stars—but how did those stars form? In a...
Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the...
NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and...
Since 2019, SpaceX has been launching an increasing number of internet satellites into orbit around Earth. The satellite constellation, called...
Gamma rays are the most energetic known form of electromagnetic radiation, with each gamma-ray being at least one hundred thousand...
