Cosmology

The black hole has a troublesome sibling, the naked singularity. Physicists have long thought—hoped—it could never exist. But could it?

Maybe not. The observations that led astronomers to deduce its existence could have another explanation: our galaxy lies at the center of a giant cosmic void

A preliminary analysis from the IceCube detector reveals more than two dozen neutrinos of unknown origin

The mountains of the moon, formed mainly by asteroid impacts in the distant past, are visible for those that wish to see them this month

Oscillations inside the giant planet perturb its rings, promising new clues to the nature of its enormous interior

Tiny, faint Leo P may point to additional galaxies hidden in our corner of the cosmos

A 2010 supernova, one of the brightest ever seen, has yielded conflicting interpretations

Even some of the more faithful might have wondered over the last few days whether there truly is a God

Detectors at the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search have recorded three events that may represent collisions from weakly interacting massive particles

The onboard Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer has detected what is thought to be dark matter’s signature antimatter particles, but it cannot yet pin down their origin

New York University research scientist Gabe Perez-Giz answers viewer questions submitted to our YouTube Spacelab Channel