Two Thai astronomers have helped discover a new black widow pulsar designated PSR J1544–2555, contributing to international ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Pulsars could be helping scientists distinguish between gravitational waves caused by supermassive black hole collisions and ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

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For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious emission, known as the Galactic Center Excess, glows in high-energy gamma rays ...

Johns Hopkins researchers may have identified a compelling clue in the ongoing hunt to prove the existence of dark matter. A ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University and an international team of scientists suggests that two competing theories for ...

Scientists are leveraging the precise timing of spinning dead stars, known as pulsars, to detect subtle ripples in the fabric ...

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

The discovery of the "hot Jupiter" exoplanet 51 Pegasi b on Oct. 6, 1995 changed the course of astronomical history.

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...