By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of ...

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New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.

Co-sponsored by the National Society of Black Physicists, the award celebrates promising early-career physicists ...

The JWST’s FRESCO program, developed by the team, systematically analyzed emission-line galaxies from the dawn of the ...

For less than $400, it's possible to observe places like the star-forming regions at the center of our galaxy.

Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a ...

The final supermoon of 2024 known as the ‘Beaver Moon’ is soon to grace the skies on November 15 night, and it's an event no ...

NASA selects two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space for additional ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence that astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae are ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—nearly as massive ...