Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are intense bursts of gamma radiation, typically generating more energy in a few seconds than the sun will produce over its ten-billion-year lifetime. These transient phenomena ...

Dark matter halos are everywhere in the universe, yet no telescope can see them. These vast, invisible structures surround ...

Breakthroughs in astrophysics could reshape our understanding of the universe in the next decade. Observations of gravity waves could prove Einstein’s theory of general relativity, or tip physics on ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall convene an ad hoc survey committee and supporting study panels to carry out a decadal survey in astronomy and astrophysics. The ...

NASA says both the House and Senate funding levels for WFIRST in their respective spending bills would allow the mission to continue, but the lower amount in the Senate bill could force the mission to ...

The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce conditions hot and dense enough for free neutrons to merge with atomic nuclei and ...

The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astronomy and astrophysics with the research community, the ...

Uniquely combining astrophysics and planetary science, the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences provides students with a unified view of space sciences; the solar system and comparative ...

With some regularity, I get asked the difference between astronomy and astrophysics. I suppose I’m a good person to ask: Of my three degrees, two of them are in “astronomy and astrophysics”. But what ...