The universe is a strange place. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted ...

UW-Milwaukee physics and astronomy assistant professor Lia Medeiros explains gravitational waves and the role UWM played in discovering them.

You can't have gold until a nucleus decays. The specifics of that process have been hard to pin down, but UT's nuclear ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

Astronomers have discovered the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, revealing that a black hole literally consumed a star ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today celebrated the official opening ...

Neutron stars escape collapse into a black hole thanks to degeneracy pressure produced by their neutrons, which is able to fight the crushing force of gravity. What exactly lies at the heart of a ...

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Launch Complex 3, home for Rocket Lab’s newest reusable rocket, Neutron, is now complete and ...