Astronomers from China and South Korea report the detection of a contact binary system with an extremely low mass ratio of only 0.0356. The newfound system, which received the designation TYC ...

The most energetic cosmic rays are accelerated in extremely energetic events, like around supermassive black holes. But those ...

FRUIT FLIES are smart. For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term ...

The most powerful cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever detected slamming into Earth's atmosphere carry energies so high ...

Now, H.E.S.S. scientists are excited because they’ve detected the highest energy electrons and positrons to date (a positron ...

The nature of dark matter has puzzled astronomers since discovering that 85% of the universe's matter is invisible through ...

Particle physicists have been looking for so-called "sterile neutrinos" for a few decades now. They are a hypothesized ...