Scientists detect a star being ripped apart by supermassive black hole
Astronomers have spotted a rare phenomenon - a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole in a process called "spaghettification".
The event, known...
Fossil carbon burned by asteroid impact may have killed all dinosaurs
An asteroid impact 66 million years ago may have released trillions of pounds of partially burned fossil carbon into Earth’s upper atmosphere as a...
Scientists record last moments of a star devoured by supermassive black hole
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists...
Scientists unlock the secrets of near-Earth asteroid Bennu
Scientists now know much more about the material NASA's first asteroid sample return mission will be collecting in just a few weeks.
In a special...
Scientists peer inside an asteroid
New findings from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that the interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker and less dense than its outer layers--like...
Scientists find at least seven vaporized metals in this exoplanet
WASP-121b is an exoplanet located 850 light years from Earth, orbiting its star in less than two days - a process that takes Earth...
Billions of Venus rocks may be on the surface of our Moon — and...
A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin...
Einstein’s theory of relativity just got 500x harder to beat
Einstein’s general theory of relativity—the idea that gravity is matter warping spacetime—has withstood over 100 years of scrutiny and testing, including the newest test...
Scientists reveal the secrets of lithium-rich stars
Lithium is an ancient element that is almost as old as the universe itself.
As one of the building blocks of our present-day universe though,...
Some planets may be better for life than Earth, says study
Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe.
Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions more...