Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
Signatures of suppressed matter clustering revealed by fast radio bursts
The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration et al. The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) science requirements document.…
A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission
NASA has carried out some notable rescue missions over the past few years, including bringing home the astronauts…
Earth May Not Be a Cosmic Fluke, New Simulations Suggest
This artist’s impression shows the temperate planet Ross 128 b, with its red dwarf parent star in the…
Hypersoft X-ray sources as a low-energy class of luminous cosmic emitter
Drake, J. J., Kashyap, V. L., Wargelin, B. J. & Wolk, S. J. Pointing Chandra toward the extreme…
NASA Restarts Swift Telescope as It Slowly Falls Toward Earth
NASA’s Swift Telescope is back to watching the universe, but its orbit is still shrinking and time at…
Largest-Ever Physics Survey Raises New Doubts About Our Model of the Universe
A global survey of physicists reveals strikingly little consensus on some of the deepest questions in modern physics,…
Reply to: Evidence for phenylium reactivity under interstellar-relevant conditions
Loison, J.-C. et al. Evidence of phenylium reactivity under interstellar relevant conditions. Nat. Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-026-02973-9 (2026). Kocheril, G.…
An eccentric massive protobinary assembled via a core-merger parabolic encounter
Chini, R., Hoffmeister, V. H., Nasseri, A., Stahl, O. & Zinnecker, H. A spectroscopic survey on the multiplicity…
Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It.
The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this…
Traversing the Galactic Centre in space and time
The organizers of the Galactic Center workshop 2026 (IAU Symposium 405) thank the Grant Agency of the Czech…
A rare blood moon lunar eclipse is tonight. Here’s when to watch
The “Blood Moon” rises during a total lunar eclipse in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 3, 2026.…