What does it mean to be to space-time? The seemingly simple question gets to the essence of twentieth-century physics and has driven a hundred-year debate between philosophy and science. In Einstein’s ...

Fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The theory combines the ideas of particles and waves into a concentration of energy that flows throughout space and time.

NOAA’s space weather forecasting toolbox is about to get a major upgrade this year with the launch of a spacecraft dedicated to helping forecast impacts from the Sun, which is no easy task to begin ...

SpaceX shared four stunning photos of its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane into orbit on Aug. 21. SpaceX shared stunning photos of its Falcon 9 rocket ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the X-37B space plane for its eighth mission (USSF-36) from Kennedy Space Center. The X-37B will conduct undisclosed experiments, including testing a new sensor for ...

The X-37B space plane, launched by SpaceX, is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket booster will land at Cape Canaveral, causing a sonic boom. This mission, ...

In a landmark and historic first in Seattle, the flag of India was raised on top of the Space Needle today in honour of India's 79th Independence Day celebrations. Built in 1962 for the World Fair, ...

Tania Barone receives funding from the Australian Research Council for research with gravitational lenses. Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most ...

Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most advanced technology pales in comparison to the power of nature's own "cosmic magnifying glasses"—strong ...

"This event quite literally looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before." Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to ...