A collaboration involving a Rutgers University-New Brunswick cosmologist, along with hundreds of other researchers and dozens of institutions, is exploring the nature of dark energy, a mysterious ...

"Considering the direction and frequency of our most common signals gives insights into where we should be looking to improve ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found an unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to ...

These are exciting times to explore the largest unanswered questions in physics thanks to high-tech experiments and very precise data. That's ...

For weeks, Elena Adams has been leading her team at the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, through ...

Occurring in galaxies located billions of light-years away and lasting anywhere from seconds to hours, FXTs have proved difficult to trace back to their sources. Despite this, astronomers have ...

NASA has found another big cosmic structure orbiting a red dwarf - and this one allows the scientists to study due to the current temperature inside.

Van Dishoeck talks about some of the key unanswered questions in astrochemistry, including how complex molecules form on the tiny specks of dust in interstellar space. We chat about the recent growth ...

Scientists from NASA and Penn State are using deep-space communications to unearth the most likely locations of extraterrestrial intelligence.<br /><br /> ...

The Observatory is home to the largest optical telescope in the state of New York, a computerized f/4 Newtonian reflector with a 1-meter (40-inch) primary mirror. The telescope, designated the NTT-40, ...

Could the world’s most sophisticated space telescope still be lacking moons in our solar system? The James Webb Space ...

Rabat — A Moroccan scientist has led a groundbreaking discovery that adds a 29th moon to Uranus. Maryame Al Moutamid, a researcher at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headed the team that ...