Astronomers have stumbled onto a structure so vast and so oddly shaped that it threatens to upend one of cosmology’s most cherished assumptions about how the universe is built. The “Big Ring,” a ...

Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is already delivering scientific results — including an early finding about a phenomenon the telescope was not even ...

The "Cosmic Grapes" galaxy formed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, revealing a never-before-seen structure.

Kysa Johnson, “blow up 322 – the long goodbye (history of gold) – subatomic decay patterns and rapidly spinning neutron star PSR – B1509 – 58” (2017), ink on high gloss on board, 48 x 96 inches (all ...

A giant celestial snake is slithering into view in our current night sky this spring. We can look to the south to trace it during the early evening hours. In fact, the snake is one of the most ...

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory will study high-energy neutrinos produced in distant supernovae and black holes once it is completed, in 2011. Meanwhile, it is already picking up a lot of background ...