New optical device designed to measure gravitational pull of a planet should speed the search for Earth-like exoplanets

As the search for Earth-like planets wages on, a team of researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysic…

An international team of astronomers has been able to see into the heart of an exploding star, by combining data from telescopes that are hundreds or even thousands of kilometres apart.

An international team of astronomers has been able to see into the heart of an exploding star, by combining data from te…

X-ray source in the Cigar Galaxy is the first ultraluminous pulsar ever detected

Astronomers working with NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), led by Caltech's Fiona Harrison, have fo…

Astrophysicists have established that cosmic turbulence could have amplified magnetic fields to the strengths observed i…

In the quest to learn about planets beyond our solar system, this discovery marks the smallest planet for which scientis…

A new study of thermonuclear X-ray bursts on neutron stars reveals that, on very rare occasions, shells can be expelled…

Many Black Holes May Hide in Dwarf Remnants of Stripped Galaxies

A University of Utah astronomer and his colleagues discovered that an ultracompact dwarf galaxy harbors a supermassive b…

Scientists from the University of Southampton are to turn the Moon into a giant particle detector to help understand the…

The term black hole is entrenched in the English language. Can we let it go?

Black holes have long captured the public imagination and been the subject of popular culture, from Star Trek to Hollywo…

A supermassive black hole discovered in an ultracompact dwarf galaxy has prompted researchers to question if similar mas…

High-energy observations with the INTEGRAL space observatory have revealed a surprising signal of gamma-rays from the su…

A team of astronomers has identified possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar…

Magnetic reconnection in the Earth and sun's atmospheres can trigger geomagnetic storms that disrupt cell phone service,…

An international team of scientists led by a Clemson University astrophysicist has discovered new evidence that planets…

Using a radio telescope with frequencies just above those of commercial FM radio stations, a European team of astronomer…

"These results challenge our current understanding of planet formation"

A team of astronomers has made the most precise measurements yet of water vapour in the atmospheres of Jupiter-like plan…

New research from UCL shows we will soon uncover the origin of the ultraviolet light that bathes the cosmos, helping sci…

Saturn’s auroras are caused by the same phenomenon which leads to dramatic auroral displays on Earth, University of Leicester research shows

University of Leicester researchers have captured stunning images of Saturn’s auroras as the planet’s magnetic field is…

PHYSICISTS A STEP CLOSER TO FINDING MYSTERIOUS SOURCES

An observatory run by the University of Utah found a hotspot beneath the Big Dipper emitting a disproportionate number o…

Laser adaptive optics systems are used by terrestrial telescopes to remove the image-blurring effects of Earth’s turbule…