How can a comet from another star system have a tail pointing toward the Sun? This counter-intuitive phenomenon, observed for the first time on an interstellar visitor, intrigues astronomers. On ...

Human missions to Mars are edging closer to reality, but the physics of deep space is not cooperating. Outside Earth’s magnetic cocoon, astronauts would be bombarded by high‑energy particles that can ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

A new theory of "dark photons" attempted to explain a centuries-old experiment in a new way this year, in an effort to change ...

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

If you're hoping for a festive skywatching surprise, Christmas week is shaping up to be more active than usual in space. Fast ...

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Alonso breaks down how advances in computational fluid dynamics and physics AI are enabling designers to simulate complex ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured asteroids crashing into one another in a nearby planetary system around a star some 25 ...

Abstract: Data privacy concerns in the power systems sector significantly complicate the sharing and integration of sensitive operational data among various independent entities. This challenge is ...

Scientists are turning their attention to a rare interstellar encounter expected in March 2026, when comet 3I/ATLAS is ...