Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a curious new object started flashing across the message boards. The object in ...

Using ultra-fast laser pulses and special cameras, scientists have simulated an optical illusion that appears to defy Einstein's theory of special relativity. One consequence of special relativity is ...

NASA has discovered a comet that originated from interstellar space moving through the solar system. Interstellar space is often called the space between the stars, but more specifically, it’s the ...