The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...

A scientific discovery that could transform the study of warp drive is now under wraps at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research ...

A graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama system, has published a paper in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics that builds on ...

These are known as hypervelocity stars, with some moving faster than the escape velocity of the Milky Way of around 600 ...

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

The spacecraft held the record for the smallest orbit around a planetary body, at only 1,227 feet above the surface, Fox said, around the height of the Empire State Building. A training model of ...

Incredibly powerful marsquakes that violently shake the red planet don't always begin under the surface, research shows.

Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...

As civilizations advance, they may need to migrate across the galaxy, and some researchers speculate they could use their own stars as massive engines. New research explores the possibility of a ...

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...