Astronomy

Astronomy

These 2018 findings could be big news — if they turn out to be true

Discoveries about fossils, the Big Bang and more could shake up the scientific world – if they turn out to be true.

Astronomy

Bennu and Ryugu look like spinning tops and scientists want to know why

The first high-resolution images of Bennu confirm that the asteroid looks very similar to the asteroid Ryugu.

Particle Physics

Neutrino discovery launched a new type of astronomy

Particles associated with a blazar kick-start the field of neutrino astronomy.

Astronomy

The Parker Solar Probe takes its first up-close look at the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its first encounter with the sun and is sending data back to Earth.

Astronomy

Astronomers find far-flung wind from a black hole in the universe’s first light

The detection of black hole winds far from their host galaxy could reveal details of how galaxies and black holes grow up together.

Physics

Readers inquire about a Neptune-sized moon, nuclear pasta and more

Readers had questions about a Neptune-sized moon, nuclear pasta and the search for extraterrestrial life.

Physics

Scientists’ collection of gravitational waves just got a lot bigger

The biggest black hole merger yet seen created one set of the spacetime ripples.

Astronomy

Astronomers have measured all the starlight ever emitted

Astronomers used distant blazars to tally up all the stray photons roaming through space.

Science & Society

Readers react to the SN 10 and Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Readers expressed their thoughts about the SN 10 scientists, Saturn's hexagons and Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

Astronomy

Astronomers spot another star that flickers like Tabby’s star

The irregular flickering of star VVV-WIT-07 is reminiscent of Tabby’s star, which brought speculation of alien megastructures.

Astronomy

One of Earth’s shimmering dust clouds has been spotted at last

Almost 60 years after a Polish astronomer spotted clouds of dust orbiting Earth near the moon, astronomers have detected those clouds again.

Planetary Science

Hints of Oort clouds around other stars may lurk in the universe’s first light

Sifting through the universe’s early light could reveal planetary graveyards orbiting other stars.