In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing — the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy ...

'Glitching' in this context refers to launching a rock with an extremely specific set of initial conditions precisely calculated to destroy the outer dynamic system(s). The word is borrowed from video ...

Centaurus A, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus. Image: ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray) There are plenty of awesome objects ...

While radio waves are the method of choice when searching for signals of intelligent alien life, other detectable signs also ...

Science is a story of coming up with theories then doing our best to disprove them. That is especially true for theories on a ...

A century ago, the Milky Way galaxy was the entirety of the known universe. We had no idea what made the stars shine, and only one star — our own sun — was known to harbor any planets. Of those ...