Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

In either case, you could never get to the end of the universe or space. Scientists now consider it unlikely the universe has ...

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

Black holes, cosmic entities with immense gravity, trap everything, even light. These form from collapsed massive stars, ...

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy.

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

When the JWST came to life and began observations, one of its first jobs was to gaze back in time at the early universe. The ...

Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place. Rather than sitting dead center in its galaxy like most supermassive black ...

How would people react to news of First Contact? An author who specializes in plausible science-fiction novels speculates ...

Astronomers have discovered a peculiar star, exhibiting a unique combination of radio waves and X-rays, unlike anything ...

Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...