The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is ...

H'Hen Niê started on a project to plant five hectares of forest within three months to commemorate five years since she won ...

Imagine standing on the surface of Earth, feeling the wind on your face and watching clouds drift across the sky. Have you ...

Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have tracked a rare and fast-moving magnetar – called SGR 0501+4516 – as it speeds ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding?

Astronomers have tracked a mysterious magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, across the Milky Way, revealing it may not have formed in a ...

I expect to see the existence of extraterrestrial life confirmed within the next few years. When it happens, let the moment ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

The detection of dark matter, the elusive type of matter predicted to make up most of the universe's mass, is a long-standing ...

The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...