Astrophysics

Titan, Saturn’s largest Moon, has the potential to be an ideal location for human colonization and exploration within our Solar...

If you sat down to draw a lightning bolt, it would probably look like it’s facing down, reminiscent of Harry Potter’s scar. But...

Ever since Soundgarden's hit song, people have wondered what a "black hole sun" would look like. And the answer is actually pretty...

It looks like Star Wars may not have taken place so far, far away after all. Scientists have just announced a star system that is...

Today, after 20 years or research, CERN's ALPHA collaboration has announced the very first measurement of a spectral line in an...

ASASSN-25lh, a massive explosion detected in 2015, was first classified as a superluminous supernova - more specifically, the...

A spectacular celestial event might may foreshadow an ominous fate for Earth. Leen Decin, professor at the KU Leuven Institute of...

If you didn't make it to Outer Places' panel on the science of Star Wars this year at Comic-Con, here's the next best thing: a video...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was conceptualized two decades ago and has faced setbacks that have changed it’s estimated...

We've spoken in the past about Mass Effect's use of quantum entanglement to create a communicator that can transmit messages securely...

NASA has just received the first data and images of Jupiter’s north pole from the Juno spacecraft, and what they’ve found is...

The Planck satellite has recently gathered data that has led to some new calculations regarding the size of the observable universe....

Black holes are some of the most mysterious (and most frightening) features in our Universe. But as it turns out, they might be even...

While the internet can be something of a mixed bag, one of the most positive developments of the internet age is the accessibility of...

In September, NASA will launch their OSIRIS-REx mission, which will see NASA send a space probe to asteroid 101955 Bennu, take a...

Scientists have just created the largest map ever made: a three-dimensional model of 1.2 million galaxies, which measures the presence...

For many years, the "Big Bang" has been the accepted explanation for the formation of the universe as we know it today. But according...

For the first time ever, researchers have observed the strange "gravitational vortex" that causes matter to "wobble" around a black...

Faster-than-light travel, or "warp speed," is a ubiquitous trope in science fiction, but could the science ever hold up in real life?...

Love him or hate him, Terrence Malick is known for his abstract, cosmic, gorgeous imagery, so he's the ideal director to take us...