Space & Future
Could dark matter turn giant planets into black holes?
Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets.
These worlds are already changing how scientists think about...
Black holes may be powering the universe’s dark energy
For decades, scientists have puzzled over dark energy—the mysterious force causing the universe to expand faster and faster.
Now, researchers from Durham University, the University...
What happened before the Big Bang?
“What happened before the Big Bang?”
It’s a question that has fascinated people for generations—and one that many scientists have often dismissed as meaningless.
The standard...
Apollo 17 moon rock opened after 50 years reveals mysterious lunar landslide
More than half a century after astronauts last set foot on the moon, the Apollo program is still offering up surprises.
A sample of lunar...
Webb Telescope discovers a brand-new moon orbiting Uranus
The James Webb Space Telescope has just made a remarkable discovery: a brand-new moon orbiting Uranus.
This tiny object, only about six miles (10 kilometers)...
Astronomers discover rare four-star system just 82 light-years away
Astronomers have made an extraordinary discovery that could change the way we understand some of the most puzzling objects in the universe: brown dwarfs.
These...
NASA’s new printable metal can survive extreme space temperatures
Building rocket engines that can withstand the brutal heat of spaceflight has always been a major challenge.
Traditional 3D printing has made it easier to...
Fuel-free solar sails could power the next generation of spacecraft
Space exploration usually brings to mind rockets burning through vast amounts of fuel to escape Earth and journey through the solar system.
But what if...
The universe’s first monster: Astronomers confirm earliest known black hole
Astronomers have confirmed the most distant black hole ever found, giving us a glimpse of one of the universe’s very first cosmic giants.
The discovery...
Astronomers find first signs of a third object behind merging black holes
Black holes are already some of the strangest objects in the universe, but a new discovery suggests that when two of them collide, there...
Scientists use geometry to uncover the shape of the universe
What do the tiniest building blocks of matter and the vast structure of the universe have in common?
According to new research, both can be...
Astronomers capture the “eye of Sauron” in deep space
like the fiery “Eye of Sauron” from The Lord of the Rings.
But this isn’t fantasy—it’s a cosmic jet powered by a supermassive black hole,...
Deep Space
Milky Way’s big black hole hurls star to infinity and beyond
An international study has discovered a star travelling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the centre...
A gently twisting universe may solve a cosmic mystery
Could the entire universe be slowly spinning?
A new study suggests it might—and this gentle cosmic twist could help explain one of astronomy’s biggest puzzles.
The...
Spinning star may have cracked a giant galactic “bone”
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and powerful radio telescopes have likely solved a cosmic mystery—what caused a dramatic break in a massive structure...
Astronomers find the missing matter in our Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers have for the first time used distant galaxies as 'scintillating pins' to locate and identify a piece of the Milky Way's missing matter.
For...
Scientists discover a pair of hungry black holes
Astronomers have discovered a galactic table for two — a pair of unusually close black holes that are feeding together after their respective galaxies...