Could our solar system have been temporarily exposed to an enhanced flux of cosmic-rays at some point in the ancient past?

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

In the Milky Way's central bulge, about 24,000 light-years from Earth, a peculiar pair of objects appears to be hurtling ...

Isolated, low-mass galaxies help researchers study the impact of reionization on their star formation histories (SFHs) ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

Qian, W. (2025) Expanding Force in Astronomy and Updraft Force in Meteorology. Journal of Modern Physics, 16, 267-285. doi: ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Researchers have detected a cosmic neutrino with record-breaking energy beneath the Mediterranean Sea, offering insights into ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy. The ancient object formed when the universe was ...