Quasars are the most luminous objects in the universe and are powered by material accreting onto supermassive black holes at...
An X-ray pulse may be able to vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, according to a...
A new analysis of maps of the near and far sides of the moon shows that there are multiple sources...
Solar flares are extremely intense events that occur in the sun’s atmosphere, lasting anywhere from a few minutes to several...
An international group of researchers including University of Arizona astronomers, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has observed the atmosphere...
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International...
One way to understand the potential for life on far-off planets—those in other solar systems that orbit different stars—is to...
A Doppler shift is defined as a change of frequency of light or sound when an object is moving toward...
Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That’s...
When Jared Bryan talks about his seismology research, it’s with a natural finesse. He’s a fifth-year Ph.D. student working with...
Although Mars is currently a cold, dry planet, geological evidence suggests that liquid water existed there around 3 to 4...
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) has revealed the structure, motion and temperature of the material around a supermassive...
