"Studying the inhospitable landscape of Io's volcanoes actually inspires science to look for life," said lead author Madeline Pettine, a doctoral student in astronomy. By examining flyby data from the ...

With the help of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has found more black holes in the early universe than has previously been reported. The new result can help ...

Sep. 13, 2024 — Physicists propose that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how ...

Northwestern has secured a $20 million grant, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation, to develop ...

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back.

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars.

A newly discovered cluster-scale strong gravitational lens, with a rare alignment of seven background lensed galaxies, provides a unique opportunity to study cosmology.

Under the right conditions, liquid crystals condense into astonishing structures, spontaneously generating filaments and flattened discs that can transport material from one place to another, much ...

A Survey of Hubble’s Deepest Look Back into Time Uncovers New Clues There seem to be countless black holes in the universe – ...

The Bartol “boutique” marks its 100th birthday this week, celebrating with almost 100 physicists who are gathering at UD for ...