Scientists find a monster black hole with 40 billion times the mass of the...
If contemplating the vast size of astronomical objects makes you feel rather puny and insignificant, then this new discovery will make you feel positively...
Scientists show true colors of evolving galactic beasts
Astronomers have identified a rare moment in the life of some of the universe's most energetic objects.
Quasars were first observed 60 years ago, but...
Dark matter may be older than the big bang, says new study
Dark matter may have existed before the Big Bang, according to a new study.
Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the...
Virtual ‘universe machine’ sheds light on galaxy evolution
How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over time?
The science behind galaxy formation has...
Dark matter may be older than the big bang, study says
Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the universe's mass, is one of the most elusive mysteries in modern physics.
What exactly...
Dead planets can ‘broadcast’ for as long as a billion years
Planetary cores can survive for as long as a billion years after their stars have burnt up their nuclear fuel.
Astronomers are planning to hunt...
Moonquakes tumble boulders, build lunar scarps
The Apollo Moon buggies weren’t the only things rolling over the Moon’s surface in the early 1970s.
New research has found that a strong moonquake...
Scientists find traces of one of Universe’s first stars
Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe's first stars inside a rare, ancient star far, far away on the other...
NASA discovers trio of exoplanets with one possibly habitable world
Sometimes there is more to a planetary system than initially meets the eye.
Ground-based observations following up on the discovery of a small planet by...
Scientists discover a prototype for ultra-hot Jupiters
This exoplanet is hot enough for heavy elements to evaporate and escape its atmosphere.
The scorching hot exoplanet WASP-121b may not be shredding any heavy...