Space

A new theoretical study has proposed a novel mechanism for the creation of supermassive black holes from dark …

After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets …

An international team of astronomers has published a map of the sky showing over 25,000 supermassive black holes. …

New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about …

Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up to four times the size of our own are the most common exoplanets orbiting …

SpaceX has hosted many land-based prototype launches from its site in Boca Chica, Texas. For example, in December …

One of the properties that makes a planet suitable for life is the presence of a weather system. …

Harvard & Smithsonian astronomers have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere. …

A recent study suggests the possible existence of “stupendously large black holes” or SLABS, even larger than the …

Far below the gaseous atmospheric shroud on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, lies Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid …