Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are ...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is gearing up to illuminate the universe’s darkest secrets with groundbreaking new ...

It's one of the first things any of us learn about astronomy – stars twinkle while planets don't. However, other point-like objects in the radio sky ...

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Mahler A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a cosmic mirage known as an Einstein ring ... Einstein rings occur due to a process called gravitational lensing, where light ...

The lighthouse beckons seafood lovers like a maritime mirage in Ohio. Pickle Bill’s exterior promises nautical adventures for your taste buds. Photo credit: Ivan Grieve Instead, it’s a place where ...

In the heart of Silver Spring sits a bargain hunter’s paradise so vast it has its own gravitational pull ... trembling slightly as they check the tag to confirm it’s not a mirage. Vintage pieces from ...

Extreme cosmic events such as colliding black holes or the explosions of stars can cause ripples in spacetime, so-called gravitational waves. Their discovery opened a new window into the universe.

A series of promising designs for new gravitational wave detectors have been developed with a helping hand from artificial intelligence, which have left scientists with new questions about the cosmos.

Using tips from the star-tracking Gaia spacecraft, scientists examined the motions of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) to find it is being ripped apart by the gravitational ...