Astronomers report first detection of ultrabright radio flashes in our own galaxy
The fast radio bursts are likely generated by a magnetar, the most magnetic type of star in the universe.
The fast radio bursts are likely generated by a magnetar, the most magnetic type of star in the universe.
Nicholas Demos, a first-generation college graduate and MathWorks Fellow in MIT’s Kavli Institute, is improving our ability to listen to the cosmos.
The rocky world, with its baking-hot surface, is likely not habitable.
Study identifies a transition in the strong nuclear force that illuminates the structure of a neutron star’s core.
New lens technique spots tiny dwarf galaxy in the first, super-energetic stages of star formation.
Study reports on search for an atmosphere around a planet somewhat similar to ours.
Planetary system orbiting an unusually quiet star is ideal for future habitability searches.
Pulse pattern suggests distant black hole must be spinning at least at 50 percent the speed of light.
Mavalvala, Evans, Frebel, Katsavounidis, and Vitale discuss the science behind LIGO's observations of a neutron star collision.
Study explains why galaxies don’t churn out as many stars as they should.
New model, spanning 13 billion years of cosmic evolution, makes important advances.
Faintest galaxy ever detected illuminates unusual aspects of the universe’s early evolution.
While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth.
The very first stars may have turned on when the universe was 750 million years old.