Astronomers at Kyoto University, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the RIKEN Institute and Hiroshima University have found that black holes can be observed using...
A black hole between merging galaxies is apparently ‘burping’ large amounts of X-ray emitting gas. The black hole is situated between galaxy...
This weekend there will be the first meteor shower of 2016. The Quadrantid meteor shower will be a little difficult to see...
When rockets were first launched into space, beginning in 1957 and occurring with increasing frequency through the 1960s, the area around earth...
Space exploration has transcended from visiting the Earth’s moon to learning about other planets, especially Mars. As exploration of the Red Planet...
After 141 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition 45 crew has returned to Earth. The three astronauts–NASA’s Kjell Lindgren,...
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has done us humanoids proud. Recently astronomers used it to spot a nest of large baby galaxies...
The stars are a beautiful wonder of the world. What’s even more beautiful is discovering that there are more than just stars...
NASA has confirmed that SpaceX, the private space company, will be granted a contract to create spaceships to fly astronauts to the International Space...
Look up in the sky at night. That flickering you see from the stars can be used to determine the star’s age. The...
While the theory that the Earth’s oceans have extraterrestrial origins is the dominant explanation for the origin of water on Earth, a...
The fastest wind ever recorded on Earth checked in at 253mph in April 2006 as Hurricane Olivia caused chaos. But even that astonishing...
A study contucted by Virginia Wotring of the Center for Space Medicine and Department of Pharmacology at Baylor College of Medicine in...
The star KIC 8462852 grabbed headlines recently as some wondered whether it was surrounded by an “alien megastructure” due to its strange...
Astronomers have suspected that there was once a fifth giant planet in addition to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Something caused that...
We may not be alone in space after all. According to Caltech cosmologist Ranga-Ram Chary, an occurrence known as cosmic bruising – when...
Astronomers have spotted a star that is tearing apart a planet that orbits it. This star isn’t too different from our sun when...
American astronaut Scott Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy Captain who made his first trip into space in December of 1999, has now...
Data coming back from New Horizons is revealing amazing new information about Pluto and its moons. Much of this information contradicts previously...
Scott Kelly, a NASA astronaut on a one year long space mission, shared some awe-inspiring footage of his view of aurora borealis...