A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

Two NASA astronauts are preparing for the first spacewalk of the year aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ...

Astronomers have captured a groundbreaking phenomenon at the brink of a supermassive black hole located at the heart of ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves—found throughout the universe—are able to ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds.

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

Plasma waves: Plasma is like a soup of charged particles, such as electrons and ions, which are extremely thin and widely ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

UVA Engineering assistant professor Chen Cui is finding the hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams that could ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was ...

The night sky will light up with full moons, eclipses and meteor showers throughout 2025. Here’s when to see these celestial ...

Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?