This new app could provide the latest on black hole collisions and merging neutron...
Researchers have released a new app to encourage members of the public to stay up to date with new gravitational wave events in near...
Scientists discover Jupiter-sized exoplanet through microlensing
The path of a light beam is bent by the presence of mass, and a massive body can therefore act like a lens (a...
This mysterious exoplanet shouldn’t exist where it is
Researchers have found an exoplanet that, according to current theories, shouldn’t exist in its current location.
Researchers studied the red-giant stars HD 212771 and HD...
Scientists may just have discovered a new class of black holes
The discovery shows there may be an entire class of black holes astronomers did not know existed.
Black holes are an important part of how...
What could be the smallest dwarf planet yet in the solar system
Astronomers using ESO's SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified as a dwarf planet.
The...
NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth
Scientists believe the moon formed after a large object crashed into the Earth, but details have been murky about what happened next.
Most people only...
If wormholes exist, this is how we might find one
A new study outlines a method for detecting wormholes, which form a passage between two separate regions of spacetime.
The speculative phenomenon that has long...
Scientists find where the heaviest elements in our universe come from
Researchers have found the unequivocal evidence of where the heaviest elements in our universe come from.
For the first time, the researchers have detected an...
New measurement of Hubble constant adds to cosmic mystery
New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University of California, Davis, add to a growing mystery:
Estimates...
Beyond Jupiter, scientists discover a ‘cradle of comets’
Comets are known to have a temper.
As they swoop in from the outer edges of our solar system, these icy bodies begin spewing gas...