Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Best Evidence for Dark Matter Yet
Dark matter, the elusive, invisible stuff that astronomers say constitutes roughly 85% of the universe’s mass, doesn’t interact…
The Milky Way glows brightly in first-of-its-kind neutrino image
IceCube has produced the first neutrino image of the Milky Way, revealing high-energy particle activity concentrated along our…
NASA Struggles to Save ‘Multitool’ Orbital Satellite From a Fiery Death
NASA suspended all scientific activity onboard its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory this past February, in the hopes of…
NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants
A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came…
A binary star breaks the 100 TeV barrier, rewrites cosmic particle limits
For years, scientists have searched for the sources of the most energetic particles in our galaxy, cosmic rays…
NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth
NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. To do…
NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles
For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas…
Scientists May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter
The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for ages. One of the…
Astronomers Hope a Mysterious Glow in the Milky Way Is What They Think It Is
For all the discoveries we’re making of faraway galaxies, we’re still struggling to fully understand our own galaxy, the…
What happens when you cross the point of no return?
Black holes form when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel and collapse under their own gravity. This collapse…
NASA Explores Industry Possibilities to Raise Swift Mission’s Orbit
To drive the development of key space-based capabilities for the United States, NASA is exploring an opportunity to…