Adam Mann

Mysterious circular objects in the distant universe are challenging for astronomers to explain.

An animation depicts the gory details of a black hole devouring a star.

Researchers propose learning more about dark matter by looking for its effects inside exoplanets.

Astronomers try to solve the mystery of antihelium by searching for antistars.

Gravitational wave detectors could soon uncover hints of new physics from exotic compact objects.

A hunt for hypothetical axions streaming from Betelgeuse turns up empty but helps physicists set constraints on their properties.

A team has offered a way for gravitational wave events called dark sirens to resolve a crisis in cosmology

Looking at the scientific information gleaned from lifeless worlds could help in the search for life, one astrobiologist says.

Mars' Perseverance rover will help pave the way for future humans to travel to the Red Planet with a small instrument known as the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE).

Astronomers spot two highly delayed signals from two different black holes tearing apart stars in their vicinity.

Looking at the engineering and science behind selecting samples for NASA's Perseverance rover.

A speculative hypothesis tries to uncover the world’s oldest story written across the night sky in the Pleiades constellation.

Here, we take a look at some of the most spectacular black hole findings of 2020.

Are we alone in the universe? Many discoveries about aliens in 2020 seemed to increase the prospect of extraterrestrial entities existing.

A new mathematical framework helps physicists define the degree of quantumness of a system

A roundup of the various pushback and criticisms to the claim that there could be life on Venus

A scientist predicts looming crises based on the growth of digital content

Better shielding through chemistry

The tiniest ticks possible

Strands in the intergalactic web