One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

Scientists have taken a big step toward understanding the tiny particles and forces that make up everything in the universe.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are harnessing the power of computers to ...

Magnetic fields are found everywhere within our universe. Image source: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario Acknowledgement: L. Shatz Because the web is ionized, it should also be filled with magnetic ...

Physicists have used a cutting-edge quantum computer to simulate a complex particle theory in two dimensions. Unlike ...

"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...

Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...