FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

The Miss Universe organization and the family of Miss Jamaica, Dr. Gabrielle Henry, are offering an update after the ...

A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...

Two clashing ideas about disorder inside black holes now point to the same strange conclusions, and it could reshape the ...

The most distant known star in the universe is no longer a faint, anonymous point of light. With the James Webb Space ...

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

A radical new theory begins with a central claim: consciousness is the fundamental field of reality; time, space, and matter ...

A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

Tyson’s ultimate goal was to image large swathes of the sky, measuring how galaxies’ shapes distorted as their light ...

Scientists are using anesthesia to probe the quantum roots of consciousness—and the research offers tantalizing evidence.

The final milestone in construction was reached on November 25, as technicians carefully joined the giant telescope's inner ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...