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The launch of the ESA’s CHEOPS satellite has been postponed as a result of a software error, reports the University of Bern.
A new mapped the surface of a pulsar, and it may cause astronomers to rewrite their textbooks.
Astronomers think that the Milky Way's supermassive black hole may have a companion -- and that could teach us more about how galaxies form and evolve.
Hemp and coffee cell cultures will grow for 30 days in microgravity.
A new map of water ice trapped beneath Mars' surface could inform astronauts where they should land.
New research reveals the physics governing the fissures through which ocean water erupts from the moon's icy surface.
As the Hans Sigrist Prize is claimed by Ignas Snellen for groundbreaking exoplanet research, the message is clear--the search for other worlds is heating up.
Scientists sent extraordinarily muscular mice to the International Space Station to study how microgravity affects muscles and bones.
The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.
A dim patch in an otherwise bright galaxy is the epicenter of a supermassive black hole whose mass is 40 billion times greater than that of the Sun.
Parts from the craft landed in almost two dozen locations spanning several kilometers.
Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured out the source of the light they emit.
New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from asteroid to dwarf planet.
The US space agency hopes to go back to the moon by 2024
A new theory suggests that planets could form in dense dust and gas clouds surrounding supermassive black holes at the centre of active galaxies.
One of NASA's most forgotten missions to the moon, but also one of the funniest
Very, very probably wrong.
Only 122 satellites have already been launched and the impact is already evident, they claim.
This immense simulation is so complex that scientists have observed phenomena that had not been programmed explicitly in the code.
This is one of the most important findings of the decade.
Titan is a lot like the Earth... except it's nothing like the Earth.
Astronomers have identified a runaway star travelling at an incredible 6 million kilometres per hour, ejected by the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy 5 million years ago.
The mystery of how complex carbon molecules--buckyballs-- came to be detected in interstellar space may have been solved.
The findings could have important implications for deep space missions.
Fingers crossed.
Oxygen is rising and falling with the seasons unpredictably.
The wine is part of an experiment on aging that could improve food storage in the future.
Curiosity is the only rover left on Mars -- and this haunting photo it recently beamed to Earth perfectly describes the feeling.
New research has provided some surprising answers regarding the origins of globular clusters the oldest visible objects in the Universe — some of them may not be so ancient at all.
The daring spacecraft traveled more than 11 billion miles to exit the solar system.
Will we have to rewrite Einstein's theory of gravity? The DESI experiment could find out.
Some thunderstorms are so intense that the vivid lightning and crashes of thunder may keep you up at night. Here’s a thought that will surely keep you awake during such restless storms: some lightning bolts are so large they can extend across multiple states. According to scientists who analyzed satellite imagery, one such lighting bolt […]
Small but significant.
A new study describes a technique that could be used to find wormholes.
You like gold? That too may have been forged by the catacylsmic merger of neutron stars millions of years ago.
A new hybrid material could radically improve aircraft performance.
These findings will have unprecedented implications for the next space mission to Titan.
"It's traveling so fast it almost doesn't care that the Sun is there."
In smaller galaxies, large-scale winds from active black holes could hinder the formation of stars.
Bottoms up!
The ultimate goal is to create a zero-emissions aviation industry.
This study rocks.
The study of molten exoplanets around Sun-like stars may provide answers as to the formation of Earth-like planets and the evolution of our world.
Is lab-grown meat coming of age?
It's exciting to see exoplanet research being awarded with a Nobel Prize.
If having most moons was a race, Saturn just took an unexpected lead.
All around the world, climate heating is making the forests more and more vulnerable.
Mars' past seems to be more and more interesting.
It's the moon as you've never seen it before.
The idea challenges the strict no-contamination guidelines that NASA and all space programs have closely adhered to for decades.
