By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Amateur astronomers and beginners will find the Dwarf 3 Smart Telescope useful for capturing shots of the night sky with the ...

Mathematical equations have shaped our understanding of the universe, and these nine have played a key role in changing the world.

The SETI Institute awarded the first Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Anastasia Yanchilina. Yanchilina will focus ...

William Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, has won UD’s highest faculty honor — the Francis Alison Award — in recognition of his ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

SETI scientists try to determine whether aliens at a similar technology level to humans could detect Earth and from how far ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as ...

Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt have identified a new way to probe the interior of neutron stars using ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these ...