Astronomers have dived into the turbulent and chaotic heart of the Milky Way, discovering hidden chemistry around our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

The SETI Institute said this week that the Very Large Array, a National Science Foundation telescope in New Mexico, will join the hunt for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. These ...

Scientists from the Telescope Array Collaboration have detected an ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray, a discovery that’s challenging our current understanding of exotic cosmic phenomena and their origins.

So scientists found a workaround. Instead of building one gigantic telescope, they placed smaller telescopes far apart and ...

TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool dwarf with seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. (Photo digital Illustration by NASA/NASA via Getty Images) Scientists have just completed an extensive search for signs of ...

To capture higher-definition and sharper images of cosmological objects, astronomers sometimes combine the data collected by ...

New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

The BlackGEM array will search in visible light for mergers of black holes and neutron stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

The Telescope Array has detected the second-highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed, marking a significant milestone in astrophysics. This groundbreaking discovery follows the famed Oh-My-God particle ...

Key points Telescopes collect light that was emitted a long time ago and is only now reaching us on Earth. This means telescopes see the Universe as ...