The researchers suspect a globular cluster contains an elusive intermediate-mass black hole.
Isaac Schultz
isaacschultz
Science writer at Gizmodo, previously of Atlas Obscura. A native New Yorker. Mostly covering ancient things (on Earth and beyond) and masses extremely big or incredibly small.
The observatory has been traveling for nearly a month to reach the second Lagrange point.
The sunlight-propelled NEA Scout will investigate a little-known asteroid class, with a planned launch later this…
Both bizarre and badass, these experimental planes tested new strategies for flight.
The team of astrophysicists found that 1% of ordinary matter may be stored away in the lightless spheres.
The $10 billion telescope is nearly at its destination in deep space.
China's Yutu-2 lunar rover has discovered some interesting features of the far side of the Moon.
A recent experiment claimed to entangle a living animal, but other researchers are skeptical.
Debris is temporarily stopping the rover’s rock-sampling mission.
Genome sequencing has revealed the identity of the kunga, a donkey-wild ass hybrid.
A colony 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface contains an unprecedented number of the prehistoric-looking fish.
The probe's solar panels are covered in dust, which could spell trouble for the mission.
The Local Bubble is probably the result of millions of years of stellar explosions.
Far from the hulking beasts shown in modern depictions, the horses used in Medieval battles were more like ponies.
A European space telescope observed what appears to be an oblong world.
The Mars rover is dealing with some debris that stopped its sample collecting process.
Airlines claim they're sending thousands of empty flights out in an attempt to maintain market share despite the…
New research shows that wild animals can be tracked through airborne DNA.
An unidentified object is sporadically dimming starlight in a system far, far away.