Informed by science from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and astronomers worldwide, this “documentary that you can walk through” visualizes the cosmos in a 3-D introduction to the universe ...

June 29, 2026 A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in ...

The crypto platform claims you can “pay anyone to do anything,” from quitting a job on camera to getting a memecoin-themed tattoo. But it mostly seems like people trying to scam each other.

Faced with observations of early black holes and galaxies that weren’t expected to exist, scientists have come up with a ...

A massive star in the Andromeda galaxy brightened in infrared light starting around 2014, then faded from optical view and ...

The author writes, “On the exoplanet Janssen, heat from its host star and immense pressure have made the world something of a hellscape, with the potential for lava flowing across its surface. But ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe CRISTAL-02 and discovered a galaxy-killing wind.

A tiny particle that barely interacts with anything in the universe has helped scientists solve one of astronomy's long-standing mysteries. In 2021, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory buried deep in the ...

Securing America’s 250th. Flyovers, fireworks and huge crowds are all part of the nation’s birthday bash. But behind the ...

Equipped with the world’s largest digital camera built for astronomy, the observatory will repeatedly scan the southern sky and create an unprecedented time-lapse record of cosmic changes ...