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

Serendipitously, the Rubin Observatory collected imaging in the area of the sky inhabited by the object during regular commissioning activities,” the researchers said, seizing on a unusual scientific ...

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

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 ...

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

Using various telescopes worldwide, an international team of astronomers has observed a tidal disruption event (TDE) known as AT2018hyz, which allowed them to witness a rapid brightening of this ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a companion star in a tight orbit around Betelgeuse, resolving a long-standing mystery about the star’s varying brightness.

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that surrounds its young host star. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT ...