South Africa has made significant strides in astronomy research and infrastructure, the most recent being the launch of the PRime-focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment (PRIME) telescope in Sutherland ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

Its stated mission is to search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing as well as probing the chronology of the universe and the growth of cosmic structure—so its superior ...

The self-made world-class astronomer and community houses manager talks to PJ TAYLOR about her amazing galactic journey.

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Morganoshell via Wikipedia under CC By-SA 4.0 A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples in space-time—for the ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein ...