Researchers have successfully simulated how a ring-shaped black hole could cause general relativity to break down: assum…

A Southampton astronomer is among a team of international researchers whose work has revealed a surprising similarity be…

Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.

The cluster, named IDCS J1426.5+3508, is the most massive cluster of galaxies yet discovered in the first 4 billion year…

Johns Hopkins astrophysicist leads team observing 'extremely rare' event

An international team of astrophysicists led by a Johns Hopkins University scientist has for the first time witnessed a…

Radio astronomers gaze deep into the heart of an active galaxy

Microwave radiation is emitted from the direct vicinity of the black hole. This radiation was the focus of a combination…

Finding to impact understanding of stellar evolution.

A group of astronomers led by the University of Sydney has discovered strong magnetic fields are common in stars, not ra…

How are asteroids and planets formed from stony particles? This question is being explored in an experiment by scientist…

MAGIC telescopes detect extremely energetic photons

With the help of the MAGIC telescopes, scientists have discovered photons — that is, particles of light — with energy ma…

New methods allow precise measurements of the gravity of stars and the size of exoplanets

A team of scientists have developed a new method which can be used to determine the gravity on the surface of distant st…

Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey announced that a distant quasar ran out of gas. Their conclusions, reporte…

The recently discovered black hole, which does not have the expected number of stars surrounding it, could provide new i…

The new method is considered to be a significant tribute to Einstein on the 100th anniversary of his first formulation o…

‘Spectacular’ outburst let astronomers measure density of photon fog between Earth and quasar, and distance between black hole and gamma ray emission it drives

Very energetic gamma rays are easily knocked off by visible light, the light from galaxies and stars that fills intergal…

Missing water mystery solved by comprehensive comparative study of exoplanets

A survey of 10 hot, Jupiter-sized exoplanets conducted with NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has enabled scien…

The newly found 'protoplanet' is 450 light years away, but observing how it collects matter and grows could answer some of the biggest questions concerning how our solar system formed.

The planet is forming in a transition disk, a doughnut-like ring of dust and rocky debris orbiting its parent star, LkCa…

It’s widely believed that the moon features networks of caves created when violent lava flows tore under the surface fro…

The discovery of a tiny new super stormy star could have major implications for the search for habitable planets outside…

A black hole tore apart a star that got too close and a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes captured the action. This clos…

Astronomers have made a significant step toward confirming a proposed explanation for how solar flares accelerate charge…

New research has revealed that the thick donut-shaped disks of gas and dust that surround most massive black holes in th…