Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

William Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, has won UD’s highest ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

The cockpit voice recorder from the air ambulance crash that killed seven people and injured more than 20 others in Philadelphia last week has been recovered, and pictures released by the National ...

“At best, the Trump Administration’s actions at OPM to date demonstrate gross negligence, severe incompetence, and a chaotic disregard for the security of our government data and the countless ...

The wreckage will be examined as part of the probe into the cause of the collision ... but at this time we would ask for privacy as we process and grieve our loss." 'Died doing what he absolutely ...