Albert Einstein may not have been a surfer but he definitely knew a lot about waves; both the kind that can and can’t be surfed. For those of us who didn’t discover the Theory of General Relativity, ...

At first glance, the night sky appears still. But in reality, everything moves, our Solar System being no exception. As it ...

Imagine hearing the familiar sounds of birds not from the lush rainforest, but from the void of deep space. This is what NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellites have astonishingly captured – ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, satellites at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida, March ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught a glimpse of shock waves rippling along strands of the cosmic web — the enormous tangle of galaxies, gas and dark matter that fills the observable universe.

Scientists are exploring groundbreaking methods to harness Earth and Jupiter as vast observatories for detecting gravitational waves, potentially unveiling cosmic secrets from the dawn of the universe ...

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, host of Ask a Spaceman and "Space Radio," and author of "Your Place in the Universe." Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's ...

Researchers from across the globe have revealed they have detected the largest collection of gravitational waves ever recorded. The gravitational waves, ripples in the very fabric of spacetime itself, ...

Astronomers have detected enormous shockwaves rattling the cosmic web that connects all galaxies in the universe, offering vital clues on how the largest structures in space were shaped. When you ...