Around 13.7 billion years ago, something collapsed. It fell outward into the nothingness that stretched in every direction, ...

In this series, we cover provocative questions in astronomy. This week: the mysterious extragalactic signals known as Fast ...

Ever wondered what space actually smells like? Astronauts have described it and trust me—it’s not what you’d expect. From ...

Astronomers recorded a strong challenging FRB network burst that came from outer space in February 2024. The detection of FRB 20240209A disproved earlier ideas about the source of these intense ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field instrument scientist. “We [will] detect hundreds of millions of galaxies to ...

Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar wind. Scientists have now confirmed that these fleeting bursts of energy ...

We know that outer space is part of the story ... changed by the events of Mass Effect 3 – there are more than a few mysteries we want to see unraveled in Mass Effect 4. This could be quite ...

Soulful and packed with mystery, Outer Wilds goes down a treat whether you gobble it all up in one sitting or treat each 20-minute time loop as a fresh bite. Obsidian’s whacky, satirical space ...

This protective field, which extends from deep within the planet out into space, is primarily generated by the movement of liquid iron in Earth’s outer core. Additional sources of magnetism come from ...

Humanity's fascination with extraterrestrial life continues to fuel debate, but a surprising theory is making waves—literally. Now, a US Congressman claims that aliens might not be lurking in outer ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.