The cosmic energy blast can tell us about the Universe 8 billion years ago and even how much it (probably) weighs

Researchers now have an intricate three-dimensional structural map of billions of objects in our galaxy

Salon explains how neutron stars make gold — and why this neutron star collision is such a big deal

Astronomers announce the discovery of two supermassive black holes that are closer than any pair ever seen

A bizarre new star 43,000 times more magnetic than the sun may have just solved one of science's greatest mysteries

Only two fast radio bursts have been detected that actually repeat. What they are is still unknown

When a black hole unravels a star, it can create a donut-shaped disk of chaos

Are extraterrestrials trying to contact us? Figuring that out can be tricky, say scientists

This century, humanity might finally know if there's life beyond Earth in the galaxy

Other researchers aren't finding phosphine, a sign of anaerobic life, in subsequent studies

The distant solar system reveals "what our solar system will look like after the disappearance of the Earth"

It's not rocket science — it's a fundamental part of how our world works, and not as complex as you might fear

They're called "elaliite" and "elkinstantonite," and geologists have never seen them form naturally on Earth

Bell's theorem in quantum physics has been called the "most profound" scientific discovery in history