Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

Eternals was doing a ton of set up, including Kit Harington's infamous credits scene. Because at the tail end of that ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office's News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical ...

Signals from scattering black holes and neutron stars should be within reach of the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors that are set to come online in the late 2030s.

A Hubble image of NGC 6302, aka the "Butterfly Nebula," from June 2020. The star or stars at its center are responsible for the nebula's appearance. In their death throes, they have cast off ...

In 2021, scientists at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) found a stellar-mass black hole in NGC 1850. At about 11 times the Sun's mass, it was found by its effect on a ...

Messier 57, also known as the Ring Nebula, is located approximately 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra and is most visible in August.

In its short existence, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has transformed our understanding of the universe. It has peered at planets, stars, galaxies and black holes, casting its eye over a ...