In the opening pages, Brian Greene, the renowned physicist who brought string ... to learn more about the universe and our role in exploring it. With a PhD in astrophysics, he now describes himself as ...

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts ...

The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...