We tend to think of supermassive black holes as relatively stationary things – sitting there bang in the middle of...
A rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun cuts across the Americas on Saturday, stretching from Oregon to Brazil,...
Our solar system and everything within it—including the Earth—will look very different when the sun dies. But whether the planet...
A rare exoplanet which orbits around two stars at once has been detected using a ground-based telescope by a team...
For the first time, researchers have created simulations that directly recreate the full life cycle of some of the largest...
A ground-breaking new discovery by University of Leeds scientists could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest and...
First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds...
Scientists have made a new discovery on how small planets might form. Researchers at the University of Warwick investigated the...
A peculiar cloud of gas, nicknamed the Tadpole due to its shape, appears to be revolving around a space devoid...
In a new study, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has the potential to exist on distant...
If you’re a fan of titanium, you should head to the nearest supernova. You’ll get more than enough of it....
Researchers from Western have shown that a fireball that originated at the edge of the solar system was likely made...