In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point,...
Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity....
Survey observations using the Subaru Telescope’s ultra-widefield prime focus camera have revealed that there may be a population of small...
An international team of astronomers, including scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the PlanetS National Center of Competence...
Extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity can be found on the moon, but how long this volcanism persisted has...
A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes passed closer to Mercury than originally planned overnight after thruster problems delayed the...
Mars was once a very wet planet, as is evident in its surface geological features. Scientists know that over the...
Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to Earth without its two-person crew right after midnight Eastern time on...
Dark matter is the invisible force holding the universe together—or so we think. It makes up about 85% of all...
Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and two test pilots still in space, left...
Researchers from LMU, the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), and the ORIGINS Data Science...
The origins of aptly named supermassive black holes—which can weigh in at more than a million times the mass of...
