Astrophysics

Astronomers have now confirmed the existence of nearly 2,000 planets beyond our own solar system

The gaps between the universe’s filaments of dark matter and galaxies are far from static

The case against Geoff Marcy must be a wake-up call to reform our field

Astronomers have detected faint light that dates from shortly after the big bang

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass

Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald share the 2015 award for the discovery that neutrino particles can change “flavor”—and, unexpectedly, have mass

Physicist Neil Turok will describe his vision for simpler theories in a public lecture

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery that one kind of neutrino can change into another, which shows that neutrinos have mass

An improbable rumor has started that the observatory has already made a discovery — but even if true, the signal could be a drill

In an off-the-cuff remark to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, the former National Security Agency contractor suggested E.T. might send encrypted messages that humans mistake for noise

Gravitational waves from the most promising black hole binary system candidate yet could help shine a light on how these monsters at the hearts of galaxies merge