For the first time in Brazil, researchers have identified a field of tektites. These are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of extraterrestrial bodies against Earth's surface. These ...

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You cannot see it, touch it, or capture it.

"Rohan was first, for Rohan Shivakumar, the Yale student who first analyzed it, and Gondor was next, because, well — the beacons were lit!" ...

Researchers propose a new technique to identify supermassive black hole binaries through gravitational lensing causing ...

A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...

Most messages are press releases about astronomical discoveries—okay, scratch that; most of them are spam, but science announcements are an easy second place. But I also get questions from readers ...

This pretzel-shaped collection of galaxies is our Universe. And it's about to collide with another universe. It might be fascinating to watch, but we should probably be worried about what's going to ...

"When Arp 220 is observed as a whole, it's one of the best places in the universe for astronomers to study how gravity, star formation, and powerful winds work together with strong magnetic fields to ...

WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American ...

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. YEAH, EXISTS UNTIL THEY TRY TO GET RID OF IT. ALL RIGHT, SO HE’S BEEN ONE OF, IF NOT THE LEADING VOICE THAT’S BROUGHT THE MYSTERIES AND EXCITEMENT OF THE UNIVERSE INTO OUR LIVING ...

The universe is filled with innumerable astrophysical objects, each one different from the last. But even amid this vast diversity, some stand out as truly bizarre. A pair of astronomers recently ...