Astronomers discover a network of cosmic tunnels linking our solar system to distant galaxies, revealing a dynamic and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration in an inauguration speech that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social ...

Data was an integral part of the Enterprise crew on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but there is a sense that his vast ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the dynamic process of carbon-rich dust formation around Wolf ...

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

The answer, at first, is boring: it’s a simple no. But the reasons why you cannot are complex and varied – some come from the ...

Because we haven't found anything yet, we've started to wonder if dark matter might be lighter or heavier than we thought.

In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...

A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...