Ten years ago, astronomers made history when they first detected ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves, from the ...

“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Last week NASA announced the "clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". Amazing news, or a "crushing blow" for humanity?

Understanding the vast structure of the universe, from galaxies to superclusters, requires complex models and immense ...

Astronomers using the Webb Telescope may have found a new type of object: cold, glowing black hole stars from the early ...

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

For centuries, the primary way that astronomers studied outer space was through sight. But just ten years ago, scientists ...

Astronomers at Penn State have nicknamed the objects “universe breakers,” which may be unusual black hole atmospheres and could represent a missing link in the fast growth of supermassive black holes.

Supermassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early universe challenge traditional formation ...

A new emulator is tackling the near-impossible task of mapping the universe's large-scale structure without sacrificing ...

A Belgian priest came up with the Big Bang almost a century ago—but he also wanted to keep science and faith as separate as ...