The search for dark matter requires all the best models, theories, and ideas we can throw at it. A new paper by Julia Monika ...

Views of a massive galaxy cluster Abell 2256 have been captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton and ...

What new methods can be developed in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)? This is what a recent white paper ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the universe, but researchers, including Vera Rubin herself, historically have had a hard time ...

The Helix Galaxy, located 42 million light years away, is an unusual object as it is both a polar ring and a lenticular ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once penned the words “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe ...

The new space exhibit will explore our nearest celestial neighbors, the forces of gravity, the tides, and moon cycles. Kids ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

If city lights block the stars over your backyard, this map can help you hunt down the darkest skies for epic stargazing.

The universe will not last forever. In fact, scientists have revealed that its lifespan is almost half over already.

That’s exactly what unfolded in a project led by Dr. Veselin Kostov of the SETI Institute and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight ...

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...