An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star,” previously nicknamed the “Death Star.” New research ...

A cubesat, a type of small satellite in the shape of a cube with 10-centimetre-long edges, GRBAlpha was designed as ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

A “Golden Dome” missile defense shield designed to detect, track and intercept incoming ballistic weapons would offer the United States the best protection possible against advanced missile threats, i ...

Cutting-edge UK research, involving Newcastle University scientists, is benefiting the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission ...

Cutting-edge UK research is benefiting the European Space Agency's Euclid mission, with new data released today (19 March) ...

The universe is ready for its close-up. Breathtaking images of thousands of galaxies taken by a 609-megapixel camera have ...

A research team led by McGill identifies neutron stars as the likely source of fast radio bursts, one of the universe's most ...

The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) is the deepest image of the Universe, created from a decade of observations in the Fornax constellation. Hubble captured the massive galaxy cluster MACS ...