Space

̽»¨ÊÓƵ researchers find that violent crashes may be more effective at activating black holes than more peaceful mergers. 

Bumper car-like interactions at the edges of our solar system, not a mysterious ninth planet, may explain the the dynamics of strange bodies called "detached objects," according to a new study.

Researchers have discovered a single species of bacteria living in a volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth.

̽»¨ÊÓƵ Assistant Professor Zach Berta-Thompson was on the ground in Florida to watch the launch of NASA's latest mission to hunt for worlds outside of Earth's solar system.

Researchers in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Science have completed an unprecedented "dissection" of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging.

A NASA-funded satellite will study the inner radiation belt of Earth's magnetosphere, providing insight into the energetic particles that can disrupt satellites and threaten spacewalking astronauts.

A team that includes a ̽»¨ÊÓƵ astronomer has detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe.

The moon's excessive equatorial bulge, frozen into place over 4 billion years ago, may contain secrets of Earth's early history.

During post-galactic merger periods, orbiting stars can be flung into supermassive black holes and destroyed at a rate of one per year.

NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument, built by ̽»¨ÊÓƵ, will study space weather in the Earth's upper atmosphere.