Scientists theorised about the possibility of Planet Y after spotting a strange ‘warp’ in the Kuiper belt, which is a ring of ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

"This black hole could then grow and consume the entire planet, turning it into a black hole with the same mass as the ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its ...

Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation.

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

A peculiar object that has defied NASA's expectations has been identified in space, which has been labelled as an ...

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest ...

For decades, scientists suspected this ion played a critical role in cooling the early cosmos, helping the first gas clouds ...

The universe is full of wonders, but some worlds are downright deadly. From searing heat to violent storms, these planets make Earth look like a paradise. Many of them challenge everything we know ...