The research paper reports a breakthrough that will enable gravitational-wave detectors to reach extreme laser powers. It ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers ...

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

HH 30, a fascinating Herbig-Haro object, serves as a cosmic laboratory for studying star formation and planetary evolution.

Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

We can't help ourselves but wonder about life elsewhere in the universe. Any hint of a biosignature or even a faint, ...

In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several ...

Chodas added that the actual size of the asteroid, which astronomers are trying to determine with follow-up observations using multiple telescopes, is currently highly uncertain. “If the ...

Abstract: The performance tradeoffs required for a small satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system designed to measure surface deformations using persistent scatterer interferometry (PSI) are ...

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Radio & Geoastronomy (R&G) division explores the Universe using the low-energy portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, including the radio, ...