Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disk, leaving it warped and with tilted rings.
A new method being pioneered by nuclear physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory and an international team promises to help scientists studying the origin of particles found on meteorites to determine whether they came from novas or supernovas.
After a decade of trying to hit a moving target 240,000 miles away and the size of a small book with a laser, NASA and French scientists recently made a shot that promises to help them understand everything from the composition of the moon to the evolution of the solar system.
Of all the features in a spiral galaxy, perhaps the most breathtaking are the many arms that appear to spin away in arches from the galaxy's center.
Researchers have taken a step toward gaining a greater understanding of solar flares in a study that focused inside the "central engine."
NASA is on schedule to launch spacecraft Lucy in October 2021 after completing a major milestone of assembly, test and launch operations for the mission at the end of July.
A collaborative effort between astronomers and backyard star gazers has produced proof of two “brown dwarfs,” strange massive balls of gas far out in the solar system that scientists hope will tell them how planets form.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught an image of a shadow across a young star that has been nicknamed the "Bat Shadow," according to a press release from NASA.
Scientists searching for ice in the Moon’s polar craters found evidence that more metal lurks beneath the lunar surface than they expected.
Quanta Magazine has published on the question of how time works, highlighting Swiss physicist Nikolas Gisin’s papers which have been said to clear up the “fog around physics,” according to an April 7 report.
Astronomers have started to look towards light from other galaxies, believing that the light quality being emitted may hold answers about the galaxies themselves.
A massive rotating disk galaxy that was well-formed when the universe was 10% of its current age was discovered by the National Science Foundation.
Love penguins and science? Cooped up at home and looking for something to do?
There’s some cool stuff happening in the skies tonight, and throughout the week, for those who look up.
NASA released a photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a swirling spiral galaxy named NGC 2906.
Scientists were hopeful that “Comet Atlas” would become visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere towards the end of April.
The Subterranean Challenge (SubT) wrapped its second round of competition on Feb. 27 Elmira, Wash.
There are thousands of space satellites floating in the skies, but only a fraction of them are still operational. The media has reported on the damage these satellites have done to astronomy, but with so many companies launching even more satellites to provide 5G coverage, there’s something people need to think about: What happens when space junk collides with other space junk?
A University of California Berkeley scientist says we’re more likely to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrials before bacteria in the soil on Mars or other planets.
The NGC 1803 galaxy is more than 200 million light years from Earth. This beautiful galaxy is within the constellation of Pictor, also known as the Painter’s Easel.