Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee voted to approve a NASA authorization bill this week, advancing ...

Learn why only 14 out of over 6,000 exoplanets orbit two stars, and how Einstein’s general theory of relativity may be to blame.

Cosmic radio pulses repeating every few minutes or hours, known as long-period transients, have puzzled astronomers since ...

General relativity doesn’t just bend light, it can influence planetary orbits enough to wipe out entire systems.

Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the ...

The Space Systems Command, located in Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, oversees the military’s major space procurement programs Credit: Space Systems Command At the beginning of 2026, it’s ...

The Draco thrusters of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fire during a demonstration of its ability to reboost the International Space Station in September. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA and SpaceX have ...

iPhone's "System Data" can take up a lot of space on your smartphone. Here's what we know. Credit: Future Publishing via Getty Images It's a dreaded notification that some iPhone users have come to ...

They pull us in, literally and figuratively. Black holes — remnants of collapsed stars — have immense mass that curves spacetime so all paths lead inward. They also capture the popular imagination as ...