A new simulation of supermassive black holes—the behemoths at the centers of galaxies—uses a realistic scenario to predict the light signals emitted in the surrounding gas before the masses collide, ...

A Rocket Lab Electron lifts off June 4 (U.S. time), 2024, carrying the second NASA PREFIRE cubesat. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a small NASA astrophysics ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by NASA to launch its Aspera mission, an ...

Located in a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is designed to detect high-energy neutrinos from far beyond our galaxy. Scientists believe these nearly massless ...

NASA's Pandora smallsat mission, launched on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission Jan. 11, will study exoplanet atmospheres. Credit: NASA GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a ...

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Physicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious “dark” energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may be ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by NASA to ...