Space

The first glimpse of starlight from a galaxy hosting one of the most distant quasars known has revealed an astronomical […]

The biggest conundrum in cosmology may be closer to being solved, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists disagree

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar

Black holes about the size of a hydrogen atom may be careening into the solar system without being noticed. But

The opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found

A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s Star, located just six light-years from our solar system, has at least one

Satellites interfere with radio astronomy – Scientific news, October 5, 1974 In the past, satellites and probes launched by NASA

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean

Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might