Key takeawaysIn space, energetic neutrinos are usually paired with energetic gamma rays. Galaxy NGC 1068, however, emits ...

SETI combines cutting-edge radio astronomy, data science, and planetary research in a global effort to detect signs of ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

The ELT is on its way to becoming the largest optical telescope in the world, and as it rises beneath some of the clearest ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.

Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something odd overhead this month: barely any milk in that way.

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

A rare Egyptian coffin image may show the Milky Way crossing the sky-goddess Nut, says a University of Portsmouth scientist.

Female emperor penguins lay a single pear-shaped egg early in the Antarctic winter when temperatures can dip to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit and winds can reach hurricane force. Needing to ...