Astrophysics

"The PRIMA mission is humanity’s next window into the deep universe."

A photon from the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang, the gamma-ray burst nicknamed "the BOAT," should not have reached Earth, according to Einstein. Now scientists may know how it did.

Astronomers used cosmic explosions to find that we may be wrong about our own galaxy.

M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, looks incredible in this new snap by the James Webb Space Telescope.

It would appear we now have 10,091 candidate exoplanets to go through and confirm.

There is a set of very special numbers, known as the fundamental constants of nature, that cannot be explained. Where do they come from?

The physical constants of the universe appear to favor the existence of life. So why are we here?

Four astrophysics mission proposals to study stars, galaxies and some of the most violent explosions in the universe have been selected for further study by NASA.