Space

For the first time, astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed […]

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people

As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving

Satellites hampering radio astronomy — Science News, October 5, 1974 In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar

The opposing fountains of plasma and particles spanning 23 million light-years are the longest pair of black hole jets ever

While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling Internet access and mobile communications around the globe, they are also posing a threat

A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s Star, located just six light-years from our solar system, has at least one