Scientists may have found the background ripples of the universe
The gravitational wave discovery could help us understand the cosmos.
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NASA smallsat concepts will study galaxy evolution and exoplanets
A balloon mission will also detect neutrino signals.
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Solar System 'superhighway' could speed up space travel
The route could also lead to more efficient trips.
Voyager probes detect a new form of cosmic ray burst from the Sun
They're still useful decades later.
Scientists find neutrinos from star fusion for the first time
It could help understand dark matter and the universe.
Hitting the Books: Why we'll never see the edge of the universe
We'll just have to make do within our 45 billion light year bubble.
Astronomers may have spotted light from colliding black holes
It would be the first known instance of a visible collision.
How to guesstimate the number of alien civilizations in a galaxy
All it takes is the Drake Equation and a bunch of logical assumptions.
Astronomers find the first known regular pattern of fast radio bursts
It's coming from an unknown source beyond our galaxy.
Scientists confirm the basis of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
They measured the light from a pulsar down to the nanosecond to do so.
Scientists find the universe's 'missing matter' using mysterious cosmic bursts
They knew it was there -- now they've actually found it.
NASA decommissions Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 years of service
The James Webb Space Telescope will take its place next year.
NASA's closest-ever Sun flybys reveal how solar wind works
What you experience near Earth doesn't tell the whole story.
Astronomers find stellar black hole so large it shouldn't exist
Scientific models might have to change.
Supercomputer creates millions of virtual universes
It could provide many answers about the evolution of galaxies.
Scientists find the largest observed black hole to date
It's 10,000 times larger than the one at the heart of the Milky Way.
Two dead, dancing stars challenge astronomers' expectations
They spin around each other in minutes and don't produce X-rays.
Scientists think some supermassive black holes didn’t start as stars
Their research could help us better understand the early universe.