No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

A personal tribute to astronomer Vera Rubin, told through stories and memories from her granddaughter, Ramona Rubin.

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While Bianco will be present in Washington for the historic first-look event, UD is hosting a watch party in Room 101 of ...

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...

Astronomers have discovered a "jellyfish" galaxy whose unusual shape and internal mechanisms—including distinctive "bunny ...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the western rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater for a closer look at the active ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission has achieved a spacefaring marvel: two satellites flying in perfect formation to mimic total solar ...

In a new study, the team argues that the flash could be the first sign of dark matter ever detected on Earth. Dark matter, an ...

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to ...