Gluttony? Tsk tsk tsk.
Every point of light in this photo is a galaxy
Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?
The constellation Vela explodes with color (and new suns) in ESO-captured snaps
Space — the prettiest frontier.
Astronomers capture first images of an exoplanet forming
All babies are adorable, right?
How to “Weigh” Baby Planets
Weighing without using a scale.
Scientists complete most precise star map, revealing hidden details in our galaxy
An incredibly fruitful mission sheds new secrets about the Milky Way.
Astronomers find the most distant star ever, looking through a galactic magnifying glass
The findings might help piece together the evolution of the universe.
Some 70,000 years ago, a rogue star duo whooshed by our solar system — and early humans probably saw it
If you happened to be alive 70,000 years ago, you’d be in for quite a show.
In the Pisces constellation, one star is busy devouring its own planetary offspring
Giving “family dinner” a whole new meaning.
Biomarker molecule discovered “in abundance” around alien star, but still no life
Turns out, planet farts are just like ours, but with chlorine!
The sun likely has a lost twin called ‘Nemesis’, as do most stars like it
It sounds like the plot of a bad movie — but it’s just science.
Researchers found a supermassive black hole choking on its meal
Greedy!
Black holes turn stars into spaghetti, devours them, then burp fire
If there’s one thing that black holes do extremely well, it’s drawing things to them and destroying them.
ESA’s Gaia observatory sends back first star chart showing a billion new stars
Seeing is believing.
First stars formed much later than we thought
The European Space Agency’s Planck satellite has revealed some information which may force us to rethink the evolution of the early Universe.
Star blast reveals water ‘snowline’ for first time ever
This space snow could help scientists better understand planet formation and evolution.
Origami battery that runs on a few drops of water could revolutionize biosensors
This disposable battery runs on bacteria and folds like an origami ninja star. Sold!
Lonely planet found in a family of stars
NASA astronauts have discovered a lonely planetary-like mass floating on its own, without a solar system. Imagine a galaxy, riddled with countless solar systems. Then zoom in slowly on a solar system – how do you picture it? There’s probably a star at the center, and several planets around it. That’s generally where we feel planets should be, rotating around
Hubble captures the death of a star, offering a glimpse of our sun’s final days
A spectacular image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) gives us a glimpse into how the Sun will look at its death.
3,200-year-old papyrus contains astrophysical information about the Algol star
Many ancient civilizations made astronomical notes, but according to researchers, this is the earliest historical document of naked eye observations on a variable star – Algol. Variable stars are stars with a varying brightness (as seen from Earth), and they probably held a special place in Egyptian astronomy – they made careful notes on these stars. Now, more than three