Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a technique in radio astronomy whereby multiple radio telescopes cooperate to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud. It harbors the "deepest, ...

Two ways of measuring how fast the universe is expanding disagree, a puzzle known as the Hubble tension. Tiny magnetic fields ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, offering a new clue to how comets evolve.

Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

Daria Pidhorodetska, a TikTok star who shares her life working for the iconic space agency, opens up about balancing content ...

They slip through your skin, your walls, and the whole Earth without leaving a mark. Neutrinos earn the nickname “ghost ...

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.

That famous photo of a bullet passing through an apple, or the one of a milk droplet at the instant it hits? They were ...

Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...