Earth’s climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle...
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Star clusters are of great importance in any galaxy: they are the birthplace of new stars, often...
In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between...
One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year reaches its peak this week—giving skywatchers the...
Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to...
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim flew home with two Roscosmos cosmonauts from the International Space Station packed tight...
SpaceX sent up its second launch in less than 24 hours on the Space Coast on Dec....
What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the...
Astronomers are a step closer to cracking one of the secrets of dark energy—the mysterious force believed...
Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, yet...
Astronomers have employed NASA’s Chandra spacecraft to perform X-ray observations of a massive galaxy cluster known as...
Neutrinos are one of the most mysterious particles in the universe, often called “ghost particles” because they...
A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding...
Conventional telescopes are limited in detecting low-surface-brightness (LSB) structures, which are essential for studying galaxy evolution. Now,...
Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the...
As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National...
It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year.
After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic...
A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The...