Though our solar system and the movement of its planets appear relatively sedate, there are many things that could upset the ...

Gravitational-wave detectors have captured their biggest spectacle yet: two gargantuan, rapidly spinning black holes likely ...

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .

To date, the collaboration has detected dozens of merger events since its first Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Early detected ...

Astronomers have been aware of cosmic vampires, dead stars that hungrily strip plasma from victim stars, for some time. New ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

The Gathering' is taking its next big risk: a full-on leap into science fiction. A certain Star franchise may have boldly ...

UK company Superdielectrics says its polymer technology could make batteries cheaper and easier to recycle, but its energy ...