A new study highlights the importance of solar flares and space weather in reducing the habitability of exoplanets.

Astronomers have discovered a free-floating planet, not associated with any parent star wandering our galaxy.

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NASA has announced that water is more common on the Moon than previously believed, with traces now discovered at its...

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Shell-like structures in the Milky Way were created when a dwarf galaxy plunged through our galaxy’s heart around 3 billion...

Sir Roger Penrose has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for his work revolutionising our theories regarding black...

This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’

Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to...

Quantum teleportation may take its name from its fictional counterpart, but aside from that, it shares few commonalities. Despite this,...

Astronomers have captured stellar winds emitted by aging stars in unprecedented detail.

Small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected, a new study found.

This spectacular three-star system is radically different than our solar system.

The black hole is the first object of its kind with a mass above 100 solar masses but below a...

Spotting space debris during the day could help save satellites from costly collisions.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning close-up image of comet NEOWISE, which recently captured the public’s imagination becoming...

We might have to revise the commonly accepted image of planets orbiting a parent star.

This is the story of our Sun; its past, present, and future.

The discovery of a calm galaxy so early in the Universe’s history calls into question our theories of how galaxies...

The alternate world, universe, or dimension is a long-standing element of pop-culture. But these concepts, often conflated, have their roots...

Supermassive black holes sat at the centre of active galaxies could have company. Binary pairs of these titanic cosmic objects...

Neutrinos interact so weakly with matter and yet, are of vital importance in the processes that govern the Universe. This...

Marie Curie's tale is one of sacrifice and suffering for science and of unparalleled dedication to unlocking nature’s secrets.

A trifecta of recent discoveries has challenged models of galactic evolution, suggesting that galaxies could have formed much sooner in...

Astronomers have used mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from distant galaxies to solve a lingering cosmological problem-- locating the Universe’s missing...

Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is more than a mathematical quirk, a handy guiding principle, or the inspiration for some really nerdy...

It isn't hyperbole to say, the survival of our species may depend on a sucessful method of preventing an asteroid...

The tale of physics’ most famous cat is one that is familiar to many, but what is the inside story...

Social media is packed with suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe is somehow connected to the implementation of...

A new report from the Lancet finds a decrease in rates of death in COVID-19 cases but warns that even...

History will likely look back at the handling of the COVID-19 crisis by the UK Government as a tale of...

The Universe is expanding, of that much cosmologists are sure. But the question of what rate at which that expansion...

The results from New Horizon's New Year's Day Flyby of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth are in, and it could just...

The study of the Kuiper Belt body Arrokoth promises to change how we believe the building blocks of planets form....

New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently...

The search of other worlds is a field of science on the cusp of a revolution. By unpacking the exoplanet...

The ESA’s CHEOPS telescope has finally launched kick-starting the next phase in exoplanet investigations.

The launch of the ESA’s CHEOPS satellite has been postponed as a result of a software error, reports the University...

As the Hans Sigrist Prize is claimed by Ignas Snellen for groundbreaking exoplanet research, the message is clear--the search for...

The ESA's CHEOPS satellite launches later this month with the mission to select exoplanets suitable for in-depth investigation.

Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured...

A new theory suggests that planets could form in dense dust and gas clouds surrounding supermassive black holes at the...

Astronomers have identified a runaway star travelling at an incredible 6 million kilometres per hour, ejected by the supermassive black...

The mystery of how complex carbon molecules--buckyballs-- came to be detected in interstellar space may have been solved.

New research has provided some surprising answers regarding the origins of globular clusters the oldest visible objects in the Universe — some...

The uncertainty principle provides a constant hindrance to the sensitivity of equipment such as LIGO's interferometer and new research shows,...

In smaller galaxies, large-scale winds from active black holes could hinder the formation of stars.

The study of molten exoplanets around Sun-like stars may provide answers as to the formation of Earth-like planets and the...

A new record for the most atoms placed in a quantum superposition simultaneously has been set by researchers - pushing the boundary...

An international team of scientists has attempted to test the effects of gravity on quantum entanglement using the Micius Quantum...