See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a ...

NASA's NICER telescope halts its mission after a key motor fails; engineers attempt to salvage eight years of space science.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope confirmed the existence of a companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, ...

NASA has paused operations of the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) aboard the International Space Station ...

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research ...

Impressively, capturing an image of Betelbuddy was only the start of the discoveries. The researchers had anticipated the ...

The universe is a strange place. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted ...

A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

Scientists recreated the Milky Way’s history using supercomputers to track where dark matter should collect and collide.