Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

The discovery itself is simple and fundamental, but the applications stretch far and wide into astrophysics and quantum ...

From medieval trebuchets to wildflower balms, Nina Moore blends hands-on science experiments with her own art and history ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers may have found a third interstellar ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

Almost a thousand of the world’s top space scientists will visit Durham University next week (7 to 11 July) as we host the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025. NAM is the flagship annual event ...

In a stunning first-ever image, astronomers have seen a star that died by exploding twice. They pointed the European Southern ...

Shooting bullets in the air is not a safe way to celebrate. A 10-year-old girl died after a bullet fell from the sky into her ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. These two ...

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...