The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves—found throughout the universe—are able to ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds.

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

Plasma waves: Plasma is like a soup of charged particles, such as electrons and ions, which are extremely thin and widely ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

The NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Horse-head Nebula. It is the sharpest infrared ...

UVA Engineering assistant professor Chen Cui is finding the hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams that could ...

The first meteor shower of 2025 – the Quadrantids – will be at its peak on Friday during the predawn hours.

Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was ...

The night sky will light up with full moons, eclipses and meteor showers throughout 2025. Here’s when to see these celestial ...