When something dies, a telltale radioactive signal ticks like a natural clock. Discovering it helped us solve all sorts of ...

Scientists have long embraced the fact that forces beyond sight govern the universe. Dark matter, they think, holds galaxies together with extra gravity, and dark energy drives the universe’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Spiral galaxy IC 1954 is located approximately 45 million light-years from Earth in the ...

The sun is believed to be 4.6 billion years old, but how long this glorious plasma ball exactly took to form is still unknown. A team of international researchers has found the answer to this question ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mark Stelten, research geologist with ...

Massive ripples in the very fabric of space and time wash over Earth constantly, although you'd never notice. An astrophysicist is trying a new search for these gravitational waves. University of ...

(CNN) — Astronomers have for the first time spotted two galaxies in the throes of a deep-space “duel.” Using combined observations from ground-based telescopes over nearly four years, the researchers ...

Seen on a diagonal tilt, the galaxy appears to be swinging like a pendulum through space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...