For more than two decades, astronomers have wrestled with one of the biggest mysteries in science: what is driving the universe’s expansion to speed...

Astronomers have made a discovery that looks like something out of science fiction: a rare “Einstein Cross” with an extra image that shouldn’t...

Astronomers have made a discovery that looks like something out of science fiction: a rare “Einstein Cross” with an extra image that shouldn’t...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over the deep interior of Mars. Did it resemble Earth, with a solid center wrapped in a liquid outer core, or was...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over the deep interior of Mars. Did it resemble Earth, with a solid center wrapped in a liquid outer core, or was...

The best opportunity to study black holes is when they’re actively accreting matter. During these times, matter gathers in an accretion disk around...

The best opportunity to study black holes is when they’re actively accreting matter. During these times, matter gathers in an accretion disk around...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003—sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being—many expected it would unlock the secrets of...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003—sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being—many expected it would unlock the secrets of...

This doesn’t feel like other situations where the Trump administration can do whatever it wants and get away with it. ......