Space

A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar […]

As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving

Opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever seen.

For the first time, astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in the Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the

Satellites hampering radio astronomy — Science News, October 5, 1974 In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found

While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a threat

One of the most distant quasars known appears to have shut down the formation of new stars in all galaxies

A distant stellar nursery holds a cluster of newborn worlds the size of Jupiter, the smallest of which is surrounded