Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

Dark matter is a ghostly substance that astronomers have failed to detect for decades, yet which we know has an enormous influence on normal matter in the universe, such as stars and galaxies. Through ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency sounding rocket S-520-28 just before the launch. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 18, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by ...