Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...

As they whirl around in low-Earth orbit, satellite configurations are far more sensitive to changes in Earth's gravity field ...

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record rate of 6.6 billion tons per second.

The first stars in the universe formed out of pristine hydrogen and helium clouds, in the first few hundred million years ...

A new celestial object, a quasi-moon, has been discovered in Earth’s orbit. This cosmic companion has been circling our planet unnoticed for decades, possibly up to 60 years, and is now redefining our ...

Astronomers have traced the hidden fingerprints of dark matter by observing rare, glowing galaxies that lived in the early universe. A group of scientists led by Rutgers University has found new ...

A detailed image reveals an unusual plasma jet structure, suggesting the presence of two merging supermassive black holes at the galaxy’s core. For more than a century and a half, the distant galaxy ...

But Luis Jauregui’s work, which might power quantum computers needed for long-range space exploration, also shows how basic ...

Higher-mass stars are more efficient in capturing interstellar objects in their discs,” said Susanne Pfalzner. “Therefore, interstellar object-seeded planet formation should be more efficient around ...

A growing list of dark star candidates could help explain why some early galaxies were so big, so early in the universe.

Understanding singularities is key to resolving gaps in physics, with theories like string theory and causal set theory ...