One year ago this week astronomers discovered an unusual object moving through space not too…
Long ago, sky watchers linked the brightest stars into patterns reflecting animals, heroes, monsters and…
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy…
In October 2018, we’re launching the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, to study Earth’s dynamic…
A new study suggests that many theorized heavy particles, if they exist at all, do…
Collimated jets provide astronomers with some of the most powerful evidence that a supermassive black…
A RUDN physicist demonstrated how to describe the shape of any symmetrical wormhole – a…
When it comes to energy production, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, unfortunately.…
Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts will convene in a hotel ballroom just north of…
The way that ordinary materials undergo a phase change, such as melting or freezing, has…
On October 16, 2017, an international group of astronomers and physicists excitedly reported the first…
The cause of Chandra’s safe mode on October 10 has now been understood and the…
A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air,…
A research team has found new evidence that fish rapidly evolved in two phases following…
This view of southern California was taken by the Apollo 7 crew during their 18th…
Most galaxies host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at their nucleus (a supermassive black hole…
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), shows…
Updated at 2:15 p.m. PDT on October 11, 2018 One month since increasing their commanding…