Space

Contrary to a previous report, there is no evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, the Milky Way’s

One of the most compelling possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation. Called “Wow!” signal, the bright

A distant stellar nursery holds a cluster of newborn worlds the size of Jupiter, the smallest of which is surrounded

A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found

A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s Star, located just six light-years from our solar system, has at least one

Dozens of runaway stars were captured fleeing a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The