Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

Compact objects are compact stellar remnants, such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes and specific types of these objects (e.g., pulsars and boson stars), as well as their larger ...

A California teenager has uncovered a cosmic treasure trove while mining archived NASA data—an achievement that earned him formal praise from NASA leadership in early 2026. What began as a summer ...