NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

Advances and the arrival of new technologies have allowed astronomy, the science that studies celestial bodies and phenomena ...

Physicist Jeremy Sakstein has received one of the world’s top science awards for his theoretical work that is reshaping our ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

An early universe radio jet spanning an astonishing 200,000 light years has been discovered by the International Gemini ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

Type Ia supernovae are triggered by white dwarfs—the fading cores of dead stars. These stellar corpses often steal matter ...

The host star, HIP 67522, is slightly larger and cooler than our Sun. But unlike our middle-aged star, this one is just 17 ...

World's largest digital camera observes cosmos, capturing detailed images of galaxies, asteroids, and stars changing ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

His past projects include the “Blade” trilogy, “Man of Steel” (2013), the Dark Knight trilogy, “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016), “Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 & 2” (2010, 2012), “Foundation” ...

In July and August, the Earth's rotation is expected to speed up, making days slightly shorter, particularly on July 9, July 22, and August 5.