What's in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.

Home > Science Astronomers Peer Through Stellar Dust to See Black Holes Eating Whole Stars Dormant black holes may be elusive, but research shows they aren't always as sleepy as they sound.

The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a distant sun-like star.

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for one of the star’s enduring mysteries.

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy ...

The theorists predict that the beginning of the end will be in about 10 billion years — less than the present age of the universe.

A team of astronomers have made a fascinating discovery that forces us to rethink our understanding of how dead stars behave. Using the powerful Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the ...

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary disc—exactly where theory predicted. The direct light detection is what ...

Astronomers believe they have caught a planet in the act of forming, something that has never before been witnessed.Planets form out of the leftover gas and dust once a star has ignited, and it's ...

Home > Science Astronomers May Have Underestimated the Size of Hundreds of Exoplanets The new findings could impact the ways in which scientists go about seeking life on other planets.

Astronomers Say They’ve Finally Spotted Betelgeuse’s Companion Star, Long Predicted to Exist but Never Seen The discovery, if confirmed, could explain Betelgeuse’s mysterious six-year ...

Astronomers Discover ‘Ammonite,’ a Mysterious Distant Object That Could Shed Light on Our Solar System’s History The celestial body’s unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary ...