In February of 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs).

It came out of nowhere. Just a few short weeks ago – in an alternate reality otherwise identical to our own – it popped up on our screens: a giant asteroid hurtling through space, and headed straight for us.

Something is glowing at the heart of the Milky Way - there's more diffuse gamma radiation than can be explained by what we can directly observe. It's called the Galactic Center GeV Excess (GCE), and astronomers have been trying to explain it for ye

What appeared to be the first moon ever discovered around a planet circling another star may not really exist, but it seems like we’ll never know for sure

After a lengthy investigation, NASA has finally pinned down the reason two science missions failed to launch. A supplier had been sending faulty aluminium for rocket parts - after fraudulently altering test results and falsifying certifications.

We've seen black hole mergers. We've seen that incredibly memorable neutron star merger. Now the LIGO-Virgo collaboration seems to be mixing it up, with what could be the first ever gravitational wave detection of a black hole devouring a neutron s

Quantum communication is a strange beast, but one of the weirdest proposed forms of it is called counterfactual communication - a type of quantum communication where no particles travel between two recipients.

For something so commonplace, glass is actually an incredible mystery; an enigma of physics that has defied understanding since humans first encountered it millennia ago.

On 29 April, 2027, a terrible and world-changing event occurred.

A violent collision between two neutron stars 4.6 billion years ago showered the as-yet-unformed Solar System with heavy elements, new research has found.

There's a stark contrast between the freezing temperatures of space and the relatively balmy atmosphere of Earth, and that contrast could help generate electricity, scientists say – utilising the same optoelectronic physics used in solar panels.

Jeff Bezos' private space company Blue Origin revealed its long-awaited plans to go to the Moon at a mysterious press event today.

Our first picture of a black hole was a huge moment for science. But we can't stop there. We need better pictures that deliver more information. That's how we'll learn even more about these strange, rule-breaking behemoths.

Numbers figure pretty high up on the list of what a computer can do well. While humans often struggle to split a restaurant bill, a modern computer can make millions of calculations in a mere second.

At the University of California, Santa Barbara, researchers with the UCSB Experimental Cosmology Group (ECG) are currently working on ways to achieve the dream of interstellar flight.

Yet another alarming milestone of humanity's damaging effect on the environment has now officially been reached – crossing a barrier into a hot, polluted future like the planet hasn't witnessed in millions of years.

Elon Musk just gave us the first look at his rocket company's bold plan to bring ultra-high-speed internet to the entire world.

Moonquakes recorded decades ago suggest the moon is tectonically active. Knowing more about that activity could help scientists identify where to land future spacecraft.

Bezos discussed his hope of building O'Neill colonies, spinning cylinders in space that would replicate gravity and sustain human life.