A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...

A researcher discovered the rare cosmic event by noticing strange dips in a star's brightness in old telescope data. The collision created a hot cloud of rocks and dust, which researchers detected ...

UofL to permanently close planetarium after years of uncertainty ...

The powerful emission, known as a gigamaser, was discovered using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.

"It takes a little more suspension of disbelief to enjoy science fiction and fantasy." Now the self-proclaimed science geek has revisited his best-selling mix of physics, maths, chemistry and ...

Laboratory equipment used in chemistry research. (Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Moment/Getty Images) A peculiar observation during laboratory experiments has led researchers to the breakthrough of a lifetime ...

New research suggests that the highly magnetized remnants of stars are responsible for powering some of the universe’s most brilliant supernova explosions ...

The Sun orbits in the thin disk of the Milky Way. It's located 27,000 light-years (8.3 kiloparsecs) from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion spiral arm. It orbits around the galaxy ...

Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest ...

Florida visitors can watch rocket launches and scan the night sky from a public observatory—all in a single trip. The ...

How a new startup plans to power satellites with lasers. A new class of ultrafast AI chips also uses lasers. And startup Axiomatic AI is building better AI models for science and engineering.

A selection of active galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers, illustrating the variety of shapes that can result from the activity of black holes and their interaction with the ...