In the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, a massive star bright enough to stand out for years has gone dark. Not in a blaze of glory.

Recent observations suggest that 'runaway' black holes are tumbling through the cosmos. Building on decades of theory, the discovery adds a remarkable new chapter to the story of the universe.

Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide, the two ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like star’s death just 1,000 light-years away. Hidden inside a dense cocoon of dust, ...

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific ...

NASA shared images of the Egg Nebula as the star inside it is dying. #hubblespace #dyingstar #eggnebula #spaceexploration ...

NASA and SpaceX will both provide live coverage of the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Here's how to ...

Indian students, although curious and fascinated by astronomy, struggle to understand the basic concepts of the subject, ...

Pune: A baseline survey to assess astronomy learning in Indian schools has found that even though a majority of the 2,038 students of Class IX surveye.

A team of astronomers led by the Flatiron Institute’s Kishalay De discovered that a star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared without going supernova, and instead collapsed directly into a black hole.

The study, the first large-scale assessment of astronomy learning in India, highlights both enthusiasm for astronomy and deep ...