Space & Physics

Astronomers are racing to understand mysterious ancient objects that pepper James Webb Space Telescope images

This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away

Space's microgravity appears to shift the location of the brains of astronauts—without a clear effect on their health

The collision of supermassive black holes shakes the entire cosmos, hard

Four astronauts are on their way to this orbital space station. Docking is expected on Saturday

Four worlds around a small, dim star are challenging theories of planet formation

A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen

BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth, spanning some 2,400 square feet

If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole

Physicists cannot access anything that existed before the start of time and space, but they have theories

SpaceX’s decision to focus on establishing a lunar city ahead of building a Mars colony represents a significant shift in Elon Musk’s space exploration ambitions

How do figure skaters like Ilia Malinin keep landing harder and harder jumps?