For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical...
Supernovae appear to our eyes—and to astronomical instruments—as brilliant flashes that flare up in the sky without warning, in places...
In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to...
New research led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has confirmed decades-old theoretical models of magnetic reconnection, the process that releases...
A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the hypothesis that they...
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another...
Astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding new...
In a study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, an international team of astronomers has uncovered for the first time the...
New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form...
Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers...
During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the Sun’s corona – its outer atmosphere –...
Earth is fortunate in having a magnetic field: it protects the planet and its life from harmful cosmic radiation. Other...
