Every year, the fair draws in third- through 12th-grade students from across the valley, challenging them to explore an array ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a ...

Astronomers produce the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

When black holes collide, the crash generates ripples in the fabric of spacetime—gravitational waves. These distortions ...

When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off ripples, in the form of gravitational waves ...

In a research project that has real implications for their regular laboratory work, a pair of physicists at Brown University ...

Experience hands-on fun this spring break at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, NC, learning, play, and adventure for kids of ...

I have always loved the idea of going to outer space. I grew up reading Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick. There is something ...

New Delhi: \"Standing\" on the surface\" of Neptune planet, 15-year-old Rachna was shocked to find her weight was more than ...

Concerned residents gathered at Walt Whitman High School as DC Water outlined efforts to tackle a major Potomac sewage spill.