A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

Scattered throughout the galaxy, pulsars are exotic objects that represent physics at its most extreme. So, ... The societal pressure to abandon astronomy got worse once Bell Burnell had a son.

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

A powerful and mysterious blast of radio waves that astronomers believed was a fast radio burst (FRB) from far beyond the ...

February 5, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute announced the Davie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence for Astronomy, inviting researchers to refine and expand ML-driven ...

Exotic Stars EXPLAINED! Posted: January 9, 2025 | Last updated: January 9, 2025. Explore the wonders of the universe as we unravel the secrets of exotic stars.

What kind of life could be out there? From the scientifically plausible to the wildly imaginative, this video explores the many possible types of exotic aliens in the universe. Whether you’re a ...

Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-023-02188-2 A large international team of astronomers has discovered the smallest known star to date, and found that it is paired with another ...

As more data is gathered, this cosmic hum could help researchers understand how the universe achieved its current structure and perhaps reveal exotic types of matter that may have existed shortly ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Physicists have discovered an exotic new state of matter that takes the form of a highly ...

The Chang'e-5 mission touched down in the Mons Rümker region of the northern Oceanus Procellarum of the Moon and returned 1.731 kg of lunar regolith. Recognizing exotic clasts (i.e., non-Chang'e ...

The new paper published in the journal Nature and co-authored by Iadecola, an Iowa State University assistant professor of physics and astronomy and an Ames National Laboratory scientist, describes ...