Astrophysics

Cosmology, Science

Astronomy enters a new age thanks to multi-messenger signals

Stars

Breakthrough Starshot: A voyage to the stars within our lifetimes

Milky Way

A galactic archaeologist digs into the Milky Way’s history

Exotic Objects, Science

Discovery of 535 new fast radio bursts helps shed light on their mysterious origins

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Astronomers score a triple-double

Galaxies, Stars

Snapshot: Intergalactic census reveals where stars are born

Cosmology

Where did the universe’s antimatter go? Scientists inch closer to solving the mystery

Exotic Objects

Watch: Dancing supermassive black holes

Cosmology, Exotic Objects

Ask Astro: How do gravitational waves reveal the distances and masses of colliding objects?

Human Spaceflight

Warp drives: Physicists investigate faster-than-light space travel

Stars

Snapshot: Hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris sneezes like Betelgeuse

Cosmology

Four crazy stars astronomers think might really exist