A double quasar spiraling towards a major merger has been discovered, illuminating the 'cosmic dawn' just 900 million years after the Big Bang.They are the first quasar a pair spotted…
To be honest, I believe in the future of space colonization because I want to believe in it. It's romantic. It's an adventure. This is cool! Also, in the worst…
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn a commission or revenue from certain items through these links."The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) interferometer has detected a strange object that looks only…
NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live.Representatives from NASA and…
This image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera shows China's Chang'e 6 in the Apollo basin on the far side of the moon on June 7, 2024. The lander is…
Edward S. Stone, who opened a window into the outermost reaches of the solar system while serving as chief scientist of NASA's Voyager mission, leading a pair of spindle-shaped, plutonium-powered…
We have a new upper limit for the mass of light.According to measurements of pulsating stars scattered throughout the Milky Way and mysterious radio signals from other galaxies, a particle…
SES's Astra 1P satellite is encapsulated in a pair of payload fairings ahead of its scheduled launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on June 18, 2024. Image: SpaceX SpaceX…
It's not often that a dark spot in space illuminates our planet, but that's exactly what professional and amateur astronomers expect to happen in September, when a new once-in-a-lifetime explosion…
A group of physicists managed to measure the Earth's rotation using photons – the particles of light – by experiencing a peculiar quantum phenomenon called entanglement. This allows them to…