Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...
Jupiter, without a doubt, is the biggest planet in our solar system. But it turns out that it is not quite as large - by ever ...
The first disturbances of the Earth's magnetic field caused by high solar activity will begin on February 5. However, ...
Astronomers in the United Arab Emirates have issued important guidance indicating when exactly Ramadan is likely to begin.
Shapley’s award of the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics will be presented at the 249th AAS Meeting, Jan. 10-14, ...
On September 1, 1859, Carrington was observing the Sun when he witnessed the most powerful event ever recorded. It bears his ...
A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...
Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...
Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope -- a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes -- have identified the likely starting point of a massive cosmic jet in the heart of ...
Last week AES Andes—a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, an American energy company—announced it had scrapped its plans for a ...
With this in mind, a pair of researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) built an AI model called AnomalyMatch to comb ...
Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.