In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the ...
A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the ...
Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold ...
An artist's depiction by NASA shows astronauts working on the Moon as part of the Artemis program. (Image source: NASA) ...
In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, a team at George Mason University is heading a project to construct and launch a ...
Through the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Telescope, it has been possible to confirm the expansion of the ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has found a lonely black hole in the early universe that’s as heavy as 50 million suns. A ...
S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets ...
A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.
“The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” - Carl Sagan Compared to the Sun, how big is the Earth? What is a scale model and how does it help ...
There could be a 90 percent chance that in the next decade, astronomers will spot a deep space explosion that confirms ...