Space

As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving […]

Opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen.

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in the Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found

A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has revealed evidence of tens of thousands of previously unknown

Imagine going on a week-long business trip and not coming home until next year. That may be the case for

One of the most compelling possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation. Called “Wow!” signal, the bright

A distant stellar nursery holds a cluster of newborn worlds the size of Jupiter, the smallest of which is surrounded

A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar

The biggest conundrum in cosmology may be closer to being solved, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists disagree