Gaia Reveals How Sun-like Stars Turn Solid After Their Demise

Data captured by ESA's galaxy-mapping spacecraft Gaia has revealed for the first time how white dwarfs,…

A New Tool to Find Merging Galaxies

Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have announced that they have developed a new…

A New Tool to Find Merging Galaxies

Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have announced that they have developed a new…

Triangulum Galaxy Shows Stunning Face in Detailed Hubble Portrait

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings the vastness of space into perspective in this mosaic image of…

Triangulum Galaxy Shows Stunning Face in Detailed Hubble Portrait

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings the vastness of space into perspective in this mosaic image of…

Catastrophic Galactic Collision Could Send Solar System Flying into Space

New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)…

Catastrophic Galactic Collision Could Send Solar System Flying into Space

New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)…

Dark Matter on the Move

Scientists have found evidence that dark matter can be heated up and moved around, as a…

Dark Matter on the Move

Scientists have found evidence that dark matter can be heated up and moved around, as a…

Ultracold Simulators of Superdense Stars

Rice University physicists have created the world's first laser-cooled neutral plasma, completing a 20-year quest that…