A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.

X-rays are radiated by matter hotter than one million Kelvin, and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy can tell us about the ...

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A team from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory converts NASA space data to sound, creating sonifications for more accessible science discovery.

Historian Han Qi on why the exchange of scientific knowledge is so important - from astronomy and salt wells to high-speed ...

Dec. 20, 2024 — One of the biggest mysteries in science -- dark energy -- doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the riddle of how the Universe is expanding.

Writer, astronomer, TV personality, and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson is making three stops in New England on his upcoming tour, one of which will be in Boston.

Finding a bubble of hot gas blown by the stellar wind from a young star gives researchers a peek at what our sun was like when it was young.

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...