NASA reveals that a particle wind powers pulsar J1023, aligning optical and X-ray polarization, which calls existing models ...

The universe is a strange place. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) orbiting observatory recently highlighted this fact, when it was turned on a pulsar to document its powerful cosmic ...

Astronomers have found a neutron star that spins 716 times per second. This changes things for astronomers. What they thought ...

An ominous-looking nebula named NGC 246 lurks in the constellation Cetus about 1,600 light-years away from Earth. It is ...

NASA's NICER telescope halts its mission after a key motor fails; engineers attempt to salvage eight years of space science.

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress ...

NASA has paused operations of the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) aboard the International Space Station ...

Nobel Laureate Urges China To Deepen Space Collaboration. China must hardwire long-term scientific endurance into its national strategy if it intends to shape the future of space discovery, a Nobel ...

A mysterious gamma-ray glow from the Milky Way's core has scientists divided. While pulsars were the leading theory, new ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Astrophotographer David Joyce, based in Kentucky, offers us a spectacular window into the cosmic remains of a giant star that ...

What does taking a selfie and going into space have in common? More than you might think. It turns out the camera in your cellphone made its way to you via space technology developed at NASA’s Jet ...