The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe
Some have called NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope the “telescope that ate astronomy.” It is the most powerful space telescope...
In the beginning, there was … well, maybe there was no beginning. Perhaps our Universe has always existed – and...
Using the world’s most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence...
Around 100 million light-years away, two galaxies are giving astronomers a sneak preview of the fate of the Milky Way....
Galaxies that formed within the first few billion years after the Big Bang should have lived long, healthy lives. After...
A new study showing how the explosion of a stripped massive star in a supernova can lead to the formation...
All of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in science were awarded to men. That’s a return to business as usual after...
A promising method for producing and observing on Earth a process important to black holes, supernova explosions and other extreme...
The Sun is always showering Earth with a mist of magnetized particles known as solar wind. For the most part, our planet’s magnetic...
Weird neighbors. We’ve all had ’em. And apparently that’s as true for galaxies as it is for the people in...
The debris from a colossal cosmic explosion in a galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years away is no ordinary supernova....
There are eight known planets in the Solar System (ever since Pluto was booted from the club), but for a...
