The fleeting cosmic firework likely originated within the turbulent magnetosphere surrounding a distant neutron star. Fast ...

New observations from the National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory's (NSF NRAO) Karl G. Jansky Very ...

Discover how scientists traced a mysterious radio signal from an ultra-dense neutron star 200 million light-years away, ...

Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a ...

Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...

Galaxies are not islands in the cosmos. While globally the universe expands—driven by the mysterious "dark energy"—locally, ...

Observations with the South Pole Telescope have revealed an independent addition to the biggest problem in cosmology.

The atoms that make up your body weren’t just born in the hearts of stars—they embarked on a mind-bending journey far beyond ...

Discover the incredible journey of carbon atoms through space and their essential role in the creation of life on Earth.

Star-made atoms cycle through giant galactic currents in space, forming a cosmic conveyor belt that returns material to ...

Discover how Earth's ambipolar electric field shields us from cosmic threats, influences atmospheric evolution, and could ...

A new study in published in Physical Review Letters analyzes the most complete set of galaxy clustering data to test the ΛCDM model, revealing discrepancies in the formation of cosmic structures in ...