As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.

The research paper reports a breakthrough that will enable gravitational-wave detectors to reach extreme laser powers. It ...

Scientists have discovered that gravitational waves could turn neutron stars into cosmic tuning forks with characteristic reverberations that reveal their interiors.

This story was excerpted from Adam Berry's Rays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TAMPA, Fla. -- Nearly four months ago, Erik ...

Scientists discover low-mass microquasars can accelerate cosmic rays, reshaping theories on high-energy particle origins.

Elementary particles were created. And, eventually, the cosmic flash dance left behind scars in the fabric of space-time. Physicists call them cosmic strings. Like stretch marks left on skin that ...

Chorus waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation that travels along Earth's magnetic field lines. When converted into sound, their rising frequencies mimic the high-pitched trills of birds.

(NASA via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping ... And twin spacecraft — NASA’s Van Allen Probes — heard the chirps from Earth’s radiation belts at ...

All those newborn stars sent powerful winds of radiation into their cosmic neighborhoods. That radiation could have wreaked havoc on any protoplanets trying to form around the stars, Hallatt says.