The James Webb Space Telescope has found perhaps its most profound discovery to date. The uncovered preferred direction for ...

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." ...

New research challenges our understanding of black holes, proposing they may not be cosmic dead ends after all.

Rolf Landauer showed that "information is physical" with every bit equivalent to a small amount of energy proportional to ...

Neutrinos generated through solar fusion reactions travel effortlessly through the sun's dense core. Each specific fusion ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and ...

Water may have formed less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, suggesting some conditions for life existed far earlier than previously thought.

The Universe abhors a vacuum. Also a leaf blower. Sometimes a broom. The Universe loves the rug folded on the ottoman. And a ...

When we gaze up at the night sky, it’s hard not to wonder about the vastness of the universe and its origins. The universe, ...