Scientists find the birth locations of Saturn and Jupiter
An additional planet between Saturn and Uranus was kicked out of the Solar System in its infancy.
New work led by Carnegie's Matt Clement reveals...
This is the most detailed family portrait for black holes to date
Astronomers have produced the most detailed family portrait of black holes to date, offering new clues as to how black holes form.
Intense analysis of...
Tiny moon shadows may have hidden stores of ice, says study
Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once suspected, according to new research led...
Scientists unravel the mystery of unusual neutron star system
After more than two decades, an international research team has identified a galactic mystery source of gamma rays: a heavy neutron star with a...
Scientists enlist AI to search for ‘lethal’ baby star eruptions
Young stars – just like young humans – are prone to temper flares.
But star flares can incinerate everything around them, including the atmospheres of...
Stars and planets grow up together as siblings, says study
Astronomers have found compelling evidence that planets start to form while infant stars are still growing.
The high-resolution image obtained with the Atacama Large...
Some exoplanets could see Earth from far, far away
Three decades after Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that Voyager 1 snap Earth's picture from billions of miles away.
Now, two astronomers offer another unique...
Scientists find evidence of collision with dwarf galaxy in Milky Way galaxy
Nearly 3 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy plunged into the center of the Milky Way and was ripped apart by the gravitational forces...
Our Milky Way galaxy has a clumpy halo
The Milky Way galaxy is in the recycling business.
University of Iowa astronomers have determined our galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot...
Supermassive black holes need the right ingredients to fire stuff into space
Researchers may have figured out why some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while others don’t.
Scientists have...