Einstein Probe's Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) detected a burst of low-energy X-rays. Astronomers call such X-rays "soft," ...

On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...

Astronomy the study of celestial objects and phenomena relies heavily on clear skies for observing the night sky. Weather ...

Chinese astronaut conduct a spherical flame experiment during an orbit to ground space lecture using a match and a candle.

An asteroid the size of a football pitch could hit the Earth in seven years, astronomers have warned. The rocky object, ...

China Einstein Probe EP astronomical satellite has for the first time in human history detected soft X-ray signals from an ...

Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts ...

The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

The images were captured using NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a 4MP CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite ...

Follow-up observations from the Gemini-North telescope on Hawaii Island and the Very Large Telescope in Chile returned ...

Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms. They are now testing how well ...