Astrophysics

Exotic Objects

Athena to study the hot and energetic universe

Galaxies

Clumped galaxies give general relativity its toughest test yet

Exotic Objects

Trio of supermassive black holes shakes space-time

Alien Life, Exoplanets, Planets, Stars

Astronomers map space’s icy wastes

Cosmology, Galaxies

Mysterious X-ray signal intrigues astronomers

Exotic Objects

Web Extra: Watch as black holes collide

Cosmology, Science

Why are gravity and quantum mechanics incompatible with each other? Why can’t they be combined into a single formula or concept?

Robotic Spaceflight

Do the magnetic fields of the planets affect spacecraft during flybys?

Galaxies, Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Astronomers use Hubble to study bursts of star formation in the dwarf galaxies of the early universe

Deep-Sky Objects, Stars

New molecules around old stars

Galaxies, Robotic Spaceflight

Herschel Space Observatory is key to discovery of spectacular gravitational lens

Exotic Objects, Science

ALMA probes environment around dark gamma-ray bursts