Black holes have such extreme gravity that not even light can escape. They have been caught shredding entire stars and can ...
A new discovery using the James Webb Telescope has implied we may live in a black hole. The telescope, launched by NASA three ...
Two of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the ...
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Scientists suspect lightweight dark matter might ionize hydrogen in the Milky Way’s core. This could also explain the 511-keV ...
As well as moving around the Sun, the Sun and Earth are orbiting around the dense center of our galaxy at some 447,000 miles per hour (200 km/s). Our galaxy, in turn, is moving relative to the ...
"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic rays are produced in the jets of microquasars." ...
GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its ...
Researchers have identified a galaxy that existed when the universe was less than 300 million years old. This galaxy, known ...
The moving metals in Earth's core create the planet's magnetic field. Our planet sits in a small corner of the Milky Way galaxy, 25,000 light-years from the galaxy's center. Our solar system lives ...
A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...