A team of physicists from the University at Albany has proposed scientifically rigorous methods for documenting and analyzing Unidentified Anomalous...
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have captured a rare cosmic event: Two galaxy clusters have...
The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building...
For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency...
In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and...
When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant...
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud...
Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years...
The NASA New Horizons spacecraft’s extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from the galaxy at...
Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown birthplace of some of the universe’s rarest elements: a giant flare unleashed by a...
