Astronomers link an X-ray nebula to a pulsar-powered PeVatron, offering major clues to the origins of galactic cosmic rays.

On November 28, 1967, astronomers found the first pulsar. A pulsar is a super-dense star that rotates super fast. As the ...

Far beyond Neptune, at the far outer rim of our Solar System, astronomers have spotted what looks like a hidden “structure” ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's ...

The Cat's Eye Nebula, officially known as NGC 6543, is not only among the most intricate planetary nebulae observed in space, ...

A Japanese travel agency said Tuesday it plans to launch a high-speed space transport service in the 2030s that could connect Tokyo and U.S. cities such as New York in just 60 minutes. Civilian space ...

The universe is a strange place. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted this fact, when it was turned on a pulsar to document its powerful cosmic ...

When I first played The Outer Worlds, I was immediately hooked by the game's irreverent, Fallout-esque sense of humor. The game was full of lively dialogue, character diaries, and propaganda posters ...

The first article of the Outer Space Treaty (1967) guarantees for all states the right of free access to outer space. This principle of states’ free access to outer space is also recognized as a rule ...

The United Nations’ General Assembly, the U.N.’s main deliberative body, starts its 80th session in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Among those who will closely follow the session’s deliberations on ...

On July 8, 1962, the United States detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear weapon 400 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean. The Starfish Prime test created an artificial aurora visible from Hawaii, nearly 900 ...