Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...
A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.
Just 3,000 light-years from Earth is a black hole visible to the naked eye. Thankfully, we are a safe distance from this ...
There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas ...
A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA ...
Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes and the Black Death.
Our writers and contributors have chosen their favourite ever science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games, board ...