Funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA and many more help ensure the United States remains at the forefront of discoveries in health, ...

With strong government support and a history of innovation, Canadian companies like MDA and Magellan Aerospace are well-positioned in the global space industry. MDA leads in robotics and satellite ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a Nobel Prize. By Katrina Miller George F. Smoot, an American physicist and ...

Uncover the mystery of the gamma ray glow at the Milky Way's center. New simulations suggest dark matter collisions could explain this cosmic phenomenon, reigniting the search for WIMPs.

Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the driving force behind creation. Their simulations show that gravity and ...

For centuries, humans have sought to study the stars and celestial bodies, whether through observations made by naked eye or by telescopes on the ...

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a high-speed data connection.

Rains co-founder Daniel Hesselager just took over the role of CEO in an attempt to wrestle control for his company in an unpredictable marketplace. He explains how in this exclusive interview.

When discussing the scale of the universe, we’re immediately faced with an intriguing question: are we tiny beings, or is the cosmos itself immeasurable? In fact, the universe is so vast that special ...

Pulsars could be helping scientists distinguish between gravitational waves caused by supermassive black hole collisions and leftover waves from the Big Bang.

Why is the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate? This is one of the most exciting yet unresolved questions in modern physics. Because it cannot be fully answered using our current physical ...

“The Copernican principle is a cornerstone of most of astronomy, it is assumed without question, and plays an important role in many statistical tests for the viability of cosmological models,” Albert ...