The Milky Way nebula RCW 36 resembles a stunning cosmic bird of prey in an incredible Very Large Telescope image.

About 15% of asteroids near Earth have small moons orbiting them, making binary asteroid systems common in our cosmic ...

The galaxy NGC 941 was imaged by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai'i.

For this month's ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month, NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope is joined by ESA's Euclid to create a new ...

When electronics meet cosmic rays, bad things can happen. Chip makers need to test what their products can withstand, and ...

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

This emerging field of space radiobiology has strong and perhaps unexpected links to the far better established discipline of ...

A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution.

Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward ...

Cosmic voids are different. These vast expanses contain very little matter. In such places, the vacuum of space-time itself becomes the dominant component. If you were positioned at the center of a ...

Scientists report over 100 new gravitational wave detections, doubling the known catalog of black hole and neutron star mergers, providing new data on extreme cosmic collisions.

Mankind encountering forces beyond their understanding has long been a great playground for horror, as exemplified by these ...