Scientists at the Royal Astronomical Society have made a groundbreaking discovery that has set the world of astronomy abuzz. A supermassive black hole, located 657 million light-years away in the ...
Astronomers have discovered a black hole coming towards Earth. Before you get too alarmed, just know that we aren’t actually in danger — however, that doesn’t make the news any less unsettling.
The closest black holes to Earth ever detected have been found in the Hyades open cluster just 150 light-years distant.
Scientists have discovered what seems to be the oldest supermassive black hole yet. "Thanks to our discovery, we are able to say that in the first billion years of life of the universe, there ...
Scientists observe the central region of Messier 77 to determine the impact black holes have on chemical distribution ...
Black holes aren't black — in fact, they can be one of the brightest sources of radiation in the entire universe. But does that mean Earth-like planets could survive in their orbit, or would ...
Three future missions are headed to faraway moons Europa, Enceladus, and Titan to search for life. To help, scientists are ...
For most of the history of astronomy, all we could see were stars. We could see them individually, in clusters, in nebulae, ...
The model indicates that the Paschen-alpha line originates at a radius of 16.77 light-days (the distance light travels in one Earth day as measured from the supermassive black hole), and the O I ...
Our criteria for finding some quality space deaths centered on space -- its planets, asteroids and/or Space Madness!! -- ...
Behold the celestial bounty of space. In an image recently taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, a proliferation of stars in ...
The majority of species of the famously huge Rafflesia flower, which has long captivated people's attention with its massive ...