The bold question-askers at What If explore why having a black hole in our Solar System would be a catastrophic scenario.

The Gathering' is taking its next big risk: a full-on leap into science fiction. A certain Star franchise may have boldly ...

The burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

This lifespan began roughly 4.6 billion years ago, and will continue for about another 4.5 - 5.5 billion years, when it will deplete its supply of hydrogen, helium, and collapse into a white dwarf.

Astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland and elsewhere have performed a broadband spectral and timing study of an ...

As the world's largest axisymmetric solar telescope, WeHoST is a symbol of China's contribution to global space science and planetary safety in an increasingly complex cosmic environment.

Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

DOE Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryThe University of St Andrews is one of 36 UK institutions in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time Consortium ...

Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, likely rotates at maximum speed.