Instead, this new research suggests that black holes actually act like "cosmic seesaws," switching between these two distinct ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...

American space agency NASA is working on a small satellite called StarBurst Multimessenger Pioneer that will be tasked with ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way has long looked quiet, a dim and seemingly dormant presence ...

In principle, cosmic-ray observations can provide detailed insights into the physical profile of a passing ICME. But despite ...

NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air travelers and validating global radiation maps used in flight ...

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based ...

For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas from a cluster of young stars in our galaxy — insights that help us understand how the ...

NASA plans to launch a potential $188 million mission by 2020 to explore and collect information on black holes, pulsars, neutron stars and other cosmic X-rays. The IXPE mission will send three ...