Planets are formed when dust and rock in a disk around a young star collide and combine to form ever...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the...
The low levels of gravity (microgravity) in space cause significant changes in astronauts’ eyes and vision after six to 12...
On 15 March 2024, Einstein Probe’s Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) detected a burst of low-energy X-rays. Astronomers call such X-rays...
At the 2025 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new...
Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasingly complex web of structures. Now,...
In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of...
NASA’s Artemis program goal of establishing a human presence on Earth’s moon is closer than ever to becoming a reality...
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new...
Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of plasma, called chorus...
A study using data from ESA’s Swarm mission suggests that faint magnetic signatures created by Earth’s tides can help us...
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h,...
