Dark energy—the term used to describe whatever is causing the universe to expand at an increasing rate—is one of the universe ...

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.

Fresh off a Ph.D. in astrophysics, science journalist Adam Becker moved to Silicon Valley with an academic’s acclimation to hearing the word “no.” “In academic science, you need to doubt yourself,” he ...

One thing about 3I/ATLAS is for certain: It's definitely not from Earth's solar system. But what exactly is the intriguing interstellar object discovered speeding through our cosmic neighborhood? Most ...

First and perhaps most perplexingly, researchers remain unsure about what exactly dark matter is. Originally, some scientists ...

Moroccan astrophysicist Meriem El Yajouri has officially joined NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore ...

On the August 26th episode of “Particles of Thought,” a brand new podcast series affiliated with the popular PBS documentary ...

Imagine two towns on two opposite sides of a mountain. People from these towns would probably have to travel all the way around the mountain to visit one another. But, if they wanted to get there ...

Unisa's Distinguished Professor James Chibueze received the prestigious Royal Society Rising Star Prize, awarded by one of ...