If we take out all the matter, neutrinos, dark matter, cosmic rays, and radiation from the deepest parts of the voids, the only thing left is empty space. I know it sounds like a paradox, but the ...

You can tell a lot about a human being's ancestry from their general characteristics. A child can have their father's eyes, their mother's smile, or maybe even their grandfather's male pattern ...

Scientists are using pulsars to detect the gravitational wave 'hum' created from supermassive black hole mergers. Credit: ...

"The detection of this signal has the potential to reveal what neutron stars are made of." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

This revelation means scientists might have to rethink Type II supernova models, which would result in some of these cosmic ...

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

Astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in collaboration with international teams, have made a startling discovery about a new type of cosmic phenomenon. The ...

NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, satellites at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida, March 2015. (NASA via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected cosmic ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound ...

Scientists loaded three missions worth nearly $1.6 billion on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for launch Wednesday, toward an orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, to measure the supersonic stream of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of plasma, called chorus waves, ripple at the same frequency as human hearing.