Scientists at the LIGO Hanford Observatory have made a groundbreaking discovery by observing the largest black hole merger ever recorded through gravitational waves.

Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia erupted shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the same region. Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes the Gulf Stream, plays a key stabilizing role in climates around the planet. Yet a number of studies indicate that the current is ...

The mysterious cosmic explosion has been traced to a massive stellar explosion. A global team of astrophysicists, led by researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Leicester ...

After 350 years, the UK's first female Astronomer Royal has been appointed. Professor Michele Dougherty will act as an ...

"The formation of planetary systems is not exclusive to stars but might also work around lonely starless worlds." ...

An international team of astronomers has captured one of the most detailed images yet of a spectacular, ribbon-like jet ...

What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat melts ...

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

The expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation, which promises to bring faster internet to remote corners of the ...

In an ambitious leap forward for radio astronomy, the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) is preparing to ...

Castel Gandolfo is also home to one of the Holy See’s more unexpected institutions: the Vatican Observatory, which since its ...