Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

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The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

A high school student in California has made a remarkable contribution to astronomy by developing an artificial intelligence ...

A groundbreaking discovery has rocked the field of neutrino astronomy—scientists have detected an ultra-high-energy neutrino ...

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The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

The universe doesn't come with an instruction manual—but if it did, University of Missouri Assistant Professor Charles ...

NANOGrav is changing how we understand the cosmos by turning pulsars into galactic sensors. By tracking tiny changes in the ...

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to confirm their findings.