If something invisible—almost a “cosmic ghost”—distorts spacetime along the path from a pulsar to Earth, the pulses’ regularity changes. The anomaly isn’t random: similar deviations appear across ...
In the Crab Nebula, a rapidly rotating neutron star, or pulsar (white dot near the center), powers the dramatic activity seen by Chandra. The inner X-ray ring is thought to be a shock wave that marks ...
Look for the three stars that make up the distinctive formation of Orion's Belt — Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka — shining ...
Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...
The James Webb Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting ...