Our universe plays by certain rules, which originate from different branches of physics. But sometimes the rules seem ...

For decades, astronomers have tracked changes in its brightness and surface features in hopes of figuring out why the star behaves the way it does.

In this video, we explore the mysteries of our universe, focusing on three intriguing topics: the absence of extraterrestrial life, the elusive nature of dark matter, and the potential existence of a ...

Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell outward into the nothingness that stretched in every direction, leaving something behind. A dense plasma, made of fundamental particles ...

Space is the final frontier, right? That's what science fiction loves to say, and there's a lot of whimsy and wonder behind such a statement. But that's for a fairly good reason. After all, it's not a ...

New research has traced a radio burst from deep in the Milky Way back to its original source. Mark Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO Astronomers are dialed in for this discovery. Researchers for the ...

On Nov. 6, NASA's Parker Solar Probe passed within 234 miles (376 kilometers) of Venus' surface. The purpose of this close flyby was to accomplish a gravity-assist maneuver, in which the probe would ...