Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most seasoned ...

Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of ...

The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows that most of the moon’s overall shape can be ...

New research shows that Jupiter's moons may be keeping each other warm thanks to the effects of gravity. The tidal forces each moon applies to the others are keeping them warmer than they would ...

A duo of researchers has just published a study featured on the cover of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics which shows that as it gets closer to the planet Mars, Phobos, its largest moon, ...

Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show that tidal forces from Earth are influencing the formation of thousands of young faults on the moon related to its shrinking. The findings are ...

THE author of this work believes that radiation pressure on certain small particles in the corona should balance gravitation so closely that a ‘sensitive layer’ exists. If this is disturbed, it will ...

Forty light-years away, seven Earth-sized planets orbit around a dim red dwarf star in one of the most tightly packed planetary systems ever discovered. The TRAPPIST-1 system has captivated ...