TAU Systems is developing laser-plasma accelerators to simulate cosmic rays and accelerate testing of electronics for deep ...

Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a cosmic stone's throw from our own planet.

A potential record-breaking exoplanet system, traveling at 1.2M mph, may be the first of its kind ever identified.

Euclid, a space telescope on a mission to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy, has already made a stunning discovery: a perfectly formed Einstein ring hidden in a well-known galaxy.

Since its launch in 2013, Gaia has been dedicated to creating an accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way. Using two high-precision optical telescopes, the spacecraft carefully records the ...

Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer ...

NASA scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could change how we understand the dynamics of exoplanetary systems ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

Astronomers have identified what they believe to be the largest structure in the universe to date. Named "Quipu" after the ancient Incan method of record-keeping, this colossal superstructure ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

The protoplanetary disk is actually a Herbig-Haro object dubbed HH 30. Such objects are glowing regions in space that contain ...