These mysterious objects can have masses several million or billion times that of the Sun and are so dense that they warp space time around them. As far as astronomers know, all galaxies harbour a ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will ...

A Triple Star System Yields an Unusual Surviving Star Unlike our Sun, which exists alone, at least half of the stars in our ...

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...

Awareness of the double crisis—climate change and a second Trump administration—can be overwhelming. Parenthood clarifies my ...

British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of ...

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of Mercury, as scientists now work to guide BepiColombo into the planet’s ...