For a century, amateur telescope makers have gathered at the Stellafane convention to celebrate their craft. Will the event ...
A tiny glass chip developed by researchers at Heriot-Watt University has linked two telescopes together to enable them to act ...
Neutrinos are funny little particles that weigh almost nothing, making them one of the universe's most elusive building ...
What makes neutrinos odd is that they don’t interact with the universe through electromagnetism. Instead, they interact with the universe via a force that physicists call the we ...
The findings, published in two companion papers in The Astronomical Journal on 8 September, offer a closer look at ...
Scientists have discovered a possible loophole in the laws that normally prevent black holes from splitting apart, suggesting that extremely fast-spinning black holes might divide into two. The ...
The Swift Observatory is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower.
NASA’s Swift space telescope is expected to fall back to Earth in the coming days after a failed rescue attempt. The Neil ...
The Swift Observatory's impending demise comes about three months after NASA and its commercial partners attempted to mount a failed rescue mission to extend the telescope's life. The operation ...
Object 2026 ED138 was spotted beyond Pluto using observations from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and scientists say it could be among the largest dwarf planets ever found.
The unusual shape of the nebula was likely created over time by strong ultraviolet radiation and winds from massive stars in ...
In this handout photo provided by NASA, This is the first image of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our ...