Dark matter comprises around 85% of all the matter in the universe. Although ordinary matter absorbs, reflects and emits light,...
An international team of astronomers including UCL’s (University College London’s) Professor Mike Barlow has discovered the first conclusive evidence that...
Star Wars protagonist Luke Skywalker’s childhood might have been slightly less harsh if he’d grown up on a more temperate...
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion billions of years...
While many studies have compared the magnetic properties of confined and eruptive solar flares, few have considered the thermodynamic properties...
A few years ago, astronomers uncovered one of the Milky Way’s greatest secrets: An enormous, wave-shaped chain of gaseous clouds...
Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterized a bright quasar, finding it to be...
Stars that pass by our solar system have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and, by extension,...
What’s causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer...
A study led by Western astrobiologist Catherine Neish shows the subsurface ocean of Titan—the largest moon of Saturn—is most likely...
Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured its first glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have been surprised...
In our most basic understanding of our solar system, planets are drawn into the orbit of our massive star, the...
