Astronomers may have found the long-missing half of the universe's regular matter—and it appears to have been right under our ...

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a visual frequency scale (at left) track the steady rise in the frequency of ...

For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, touching, and hearing astronomical data—in ways that deepen our understanding of space. While ...

In 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE mission, to make infrared observations. This was the latest in a line of space-based, infrared observatories, and it cost about ...

Astronomers have recently uncovered evidence of “hidden galaxies,” a population of faint, dust-shrouded galaxies that could reshape our understanding of the universe. These galaxies, detected through ...