Black holes make a mess when they gobble up stars
Researchers have documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and an intermediate-mass black hole.
While black holes and toddlers don’t seem to have much...
Astronomers find a giant cavity in space, hollowed out by an ancient supernova
Star formation is a topic astronomers are still trying to fully understand.
We know, for example, that stars don’t form individually, but rather are born...
How far could life spread naturally in a galaxy like the Milky Way
Can life spread throughout a galaxy like the Milky Way without technological intervention?
That question is largely unanswered.
A new study is taking a swing at...
Galaxies discharge metal-tinged gases into the universe
Astronomers at the University of California, San Diego have learned more about what exhaust from galaxies is composed of and how galactic emissions are...
Scientists could extract water and oxygen from lunar soil
Engineers have successfully shown how water and oxygen can be extracted by cooking up lunar soil, to support future Moon bases.
A laboratory demonstrator, developed...
3,600 years ago, a 50-meter-wide meteor exploded in the sky and destroyed a city...
An archeological dig has uncovered evidence of a massive cosmic airburst event approximately 3,600 years ago that destroyed an entire city near the Dead...
NASA’s Hubble finds early, massive galaxies that ran out of fuel
When the universe was about 3 billion years old, just 20% of its current age, it experienced the most prolific period of star birth...
Our Moon was hit even harder by asteroids than it looks
New Curtin research has found the Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and other bodies than previously thought, building...
Mars may be too small to hold large amounts of water for life, shows...
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
But Mars has...
Scientists solve the empty sky’s gamma-ray mystery
Star-forming galaxies are responsible for creating gamma-rays that until now had not been associated with a known origin, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have confirmed.
Lead...