When you throw a ball in the air, the equations of classical physics will tell you exactly what path the ball will take as it ...

A new simulation of supermassive black holes—the behemoths at the centers of galaxies—uses a realistic scenario to predict the light signals emitted in the surrounding gas before the masses collide, ...

Located in a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is designed to detect high-energy neutrinos from far beyond our galaxy. Scientists believe these nearly massless ...

NASA's Pandora smallsat mission, launched on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission Jan. 11, will study exoplanet atmospheres. Credit: NASA GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a ...

A giant telescope, galaxy maps, and laser beacons on Mars are only a few of the ideas that teams selected by NASA will study for the next generation of astronomy and astrophysics missions. NASA’s Jet ...