NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, or TESS, launched in 2018, marks the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system, including those that could support ...

Before the scientists have produced the first image of a black hole on 10 April 2019, shining a light on one of the universe’s great mysteries numerous artists tried to draw this phenomena for ...

Scientists have found evidence of an existing body of liquid water on Mars. What they believe to be an underground lake sits under the red planet's south polar ice cap, and is about 20km (12 miles) ...

The Milky Way's neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda, was formed in a colossal crash between two smaller star systems no more than 3 billion years ago when Earth already existed, researchers suggest. ...

British-born astronomer Caleb Sharf has come up with a theory which suggests that planets with a biosphere usually rotate faster than lifeless celestial bodies of similar age and size. ...

Physicists from Moscow's Steklov Institute of Mathematics have come up with a testable theory on how matter behaves inside a black hole. The researchers' work, published in the September ...

International group of scientists has recently discovered the oldest and most distant supermassive black hole ever, which they hope will help solve the mystery of their origins. ...

European astronomers with the Super Wide Angle Search for Planets (SuperWASP) consortium of planet hunters have detected three new gas giant alien worlds. The SuperWASP is an international effort ...

Scientists studying the exoplanet WASP-12b have made a startling discovery: the planet is so hot it reflects almost no light, making it appear pitch-black. An international team of astronomers ...

A new kind of black hole has been found at the centre of the Milky Way – a find that may help explain the evolution of the phenomena. In research conducted by Japanese astronomers using ...

Astronomy is considered to be the most ancient science, although until recently it was not conducted as science for curiosity's sake or for the furthering of human knowledge. Instead, the study of ...

Although planets surround stars in the galaxy, how they form remains a subject of debate. Despite the wealth of worlds in our own solar system, scientists still aren't certain how planets are built. ...

We may often find it difficult to observe objects in the distant universe. The objects can be seen only through a magnifying glass. Astronomers located MACS 2129-1, a galaxy cluster using the Hubble ...

US astronomers have calculated different scenarios regarding the existence of alien civilizations and have come to the conclusion that they are likely extremely rare, but capable of establishing ...

It might be a real challenge weighing a star! For the first time a team of astronomers has succeeded in measuring the mass of an isolated star using a technique first suggested by Albert Einstein in ...