Physicists at the University of Sussex have discovered that black holes exert a pressure on their environment, in a scientific first.
Researchers led by Osaka University and NASA find that the distribution of cold planets in the Milky Way is not strongly dependent on the distance from the galactic center.
Earth has remained continuously habitable for billions of years partly due to luck, according to computer simulations of climate evolution for 100,000 randomly generated planets.
Two NASA astronauts are expected to venture outside to install a European science platform on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Brown graduate Jessica Meir still has a chance to achieve her childhood dream of exploring the Moon with her selection for NASA’s Artemis program.
There have been some preconceived notions about a mass extinction event 66 million years ago and its impact on Patagonia that will need to be rewritten following recent research.
The California Institute of Technology-led small spacecraft mission to investigate water on the Moon has final design and build approval from NASA.
After the Big Bang, a series of first gravitational waves rippled through the universe, which caused the universe to expand.
Four UCLA faculty members were named 2020 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
NASA has teamed up with US and European partners to launch a satellite intended to monitor global sea levels as world leaders become more concerned with the rising sea levels around the world.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has revealed the list of 2020 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, with research focusing on black holes.
A study that was 16 years in the making has solved the mystery of an ultraviolet ring around a star in space.
Each year, NASA selects various US companies for its Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity, wherein NASA works with various partners across the country to provide NASA with materials, expertise, and other services relevant to their effort of space exploration and understanding.
This year ushers in the tenth year for Globus, a secure data and research sharing platform.
Two scientific prizes for 2021 were announced by the AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) on Oct. 13.
The atmosphere on Jupiter’s moon Io is a witches’ brew, composed primarily of the sulfurous exhalations of more than 400 volcanoes that dot the surface.
The Gruber Foundation has given support to a third early-career astrophysicist through the Gruber Fellowship program.
The first day of fall coincides with the autumn equinox, when day and night are nearly equal.
Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Chicago have determined in a study published in The Planetary Science Journal that some planets may shine bright like diamonds because they are, in fact, diamonds.
An international team of scientists and researchers recently announced "spectral detections" of phosphine (PH3 – a phosphorus atom with three hydrogen atoms attached), a potential sign of life in the clouds high above the surface of Venus.