Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images ...

As space exploration advances, scientists are testing if dogs can naturally detect radiation in space. With their highly ...

Using cutting-edge theoretical models and data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have transformed ...

Astronomers are unraveling the mystery behind Ansky, a black hole system emitting powerful, repeating X-ray bursts called ...

When the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released in 2022, one in particular became instantly iconic: a striking orange and blue view of the Carina Nebula, affectionately known ...

Stunning stellar explosions occur every second across the cosmos – some observable, most too distant to ever know, all of ...

Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Scientists in China identify shock drift acceleration as the key process behind cosmic rays' high energy, resolving a major ...

A flash of high-energy radiation that rippled through space in December 2004 may have quietly rewritten part of the story for ...

Scientists may have discovered a new cosmic source of gold: magnetars—super-magnetic neutron stars that unleash powerful ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge techniques to track water ice on the Moon—an essential resource for future space missions. A University of Hawai‘i team utilized ShadowCam to peer into the Moon’s ...