Study shows LIGO’s 40-kilogram mirrors can move in response to tiny quantum effects, revealing the “spooky popcorn of the universe.”

Neptune-sized planet may be remnant core of a much larger planet.

Astronomers say big cool patches on the Betelgeuse star likely drove its surprise dimming last year.

The Xenon 1T experiment may have found signs of a previously undetected dark matter particle.

Signal from 500 million light years away is the first periodic pattern of radio bursts detected.

Danielle Frostig, a physics graduate student, is developing an instrument to study how the heaviest elements in the universe are produced.

Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets.

When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.

Scientists predict the explosive behaviour of two supermassive black holes almost to the hour.