The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

Does the proton decay? While this was a famous prediction of Grand Unified Theories (GUTS) developed in the 1970s and 1980s, ...

A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest ... NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center / ESA / Hubble / L. Calcada illustration ...

Derry astrophysicist Dr. Matt Nicholl has been awarded a prestigious award for his pioneering research into supernovae and ...

Looking again for anomalous heat production, they considered a neutron star. The coldest known pulsar PSR J2144–3933 is known, from the Hubble Space Telescope, to have a temperature less than ...

The easiest way to time travel is more simple than you realise - and it doesn't involve any fancy equipment, say scientists.

A mix of familiar events and films, a live talk about dark matter and a “Dome After Dark” audiovisual/musical performance dot ...

Dance of Electrons Measured in the Glow from Exploding Neutron-Stars Nov. 4 ... neighborhoods of supermassive black ... NASA's Hubble Finds That a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions ...