Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and ...

The question of whether the cosmos goes on forever is no longer just a late night thought experiment, it is a live research ...

"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a ...

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just ...

New measurements using gravitational lensing suggest the universe’s current expansion rate does not agree with signals from ...

By studying faint distortions in galaxy shapes across a vast region of sky, scientists probed the hidden structure of the universe. In the standard picture of the universe, nearly everything is hidden ...

Tom Hanks' relationship with the night sky is profound and personal. He views the moon as the "single most romantic place within the cosmos," reflecting a deep-seated curiosity that has influenced ...

For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned out to ...

A stronomers using the JWST have traced the source of a long-duration gamma-ray burst back to a supernova that exploded ...

Trident Technical College astronomy professor Blake Crosby has a gift for translating complex science into fascinating conversation. He kindly agreed to answer imaginative questions about cosmic myste ...

Virgil is the reddest Little Red Dot discovered so far, and its hidden black hole may offer a clue to the fate of this ...