Astrophysics

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

Cosmology

CERN experiment takes us one step closer to discovering where all the antimatter went

Exotic Objects, Stars

New suspect identified in supernova explosion

Exotic Objects

Powerful magnetic fields challenge black holes’ pull

Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight

Swift satellite gets ringing endorsement from NASA

Observing

The animated universe