Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell detected a strange signal from outer space that would lead to the discovery of the radio ...

Long before rockets and satellites reached space, the Crab Nebula stood out as a steady beacon of high-energy light. At its ...

Using the Large Phased Array (LPA) and the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from ...

Astrophysicists often describe the dense remnants of exploded stars as some of the most durable objects in the universe, yet ...

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

Pulsars are a special type of neutron star that pulses (hence the name), and these neutron stars likely form as the end ...

A Japanese astronomer believes he has finally captured the first direct glimpse of dark matter, a discovery that, if ...

A researcher identified gamma ray emissions that appear to have originated from dark matter, but other physicists still ...

Gamma-ray halo at the Milky Way’s center matches predictions of dark-matter models ...

A high-altitude balloon telescope has revealed new patterns in X-rays emitted near the black hole Cygnus X-1. These signals give scientists a clearer picture of how gas and radiation behave in the ...

Scientists have uncovered the earliest chemical evidence of life on Earth in a discovery that could revolutionise our ...

An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous ...