Faced with observations of early black holes and galaxies that weren’t expected to exist, scientists have come up with a ...

June 30 marks Tunguska, Congo independence, and Soyuz 11, plus events from Hernán Cortés to Tower Bridge, Hitler’s purge, and ...

All the new Nintendo Switch 2 games heading our way in 2026, from Star Fox to The Duskbloods ...

On Jan. 26, 2026, the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea crossed an important threshold for time-domain astronomy. For the ...

Massive galaxies? Dusty black holes? Black hole stars? Scientists have raised a lot of theories around what the crimson blobs ...

In a blow to Donald Trump’s agenda, America’s Supreme Court blocked an executive order that would have denied birthright ...

Scientists still don’t know where ghostly particles called neutrinos originate. A distant galaxy could be a potential source.

It eases my embarrassment somewhat to know that many astronomers have made similar mistakes. My favorite one involves Kat ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has begun an 10-year survey to create a new inventory of our solar system and the Milky Way, and chip away at the mystery of dark matter.

Second only to black holes, neutron stars – incredibly dense star remnants – are the densest objects in the universe. When ...

Astronomers have uncovered new details about the black hole that ripped apart a star in a tidal disruption event named ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...