A physicist proposes that the universe is not empty space, but is a viscous fluid, fueling the expansion and contraction we see.

Nintendo and Illumination have released seven new posters for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, featuring Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Princess Peach and Toad, Rosalina, Bowser Jr., Yoshi, and more.

A new radio survey reveals that the Milky Way’s magnetic field is intricate, widespread, and deeply connected to how the galaxy is organized.

NASA's new SPHEREx observatory has released its first all-sky cosmic map. This map uses 102 infrared wavelengths to reveal the universe in unprecedented detail. Scientists can now study cosmic ...

Invisible forces, capable of shaping entire galaxies and accelerating cosmic winds to dizzying speeds, have just been observed by astronomers in Arp 220. This merging galaxy system is located ...

Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You cannot see it, touch it, or capture it.

"Rohan was first, for Rohan Shivakumar, the Yale student who first analyzed it, and Gondor was next, because, well — the beacons were lit!" ...

SPHEREx observatory will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies. Credit: NASA. On March 4, 10:09 p.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will soon roar into the sky, carrying a compact NASA ...

Astronomers have discovered that strong magnetic fields in the neighbourhood of the LDN 328 cloud act as a cosmic brake, providing enough pressure to prevent gravity from immediately collapsing gas ...

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding ...

How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth's atmosphere.

The broadest planned survey by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal hundreds of millions of galaxies scattered across the cosmos. After Roman launches as soon as this fall, ...