A team of US astronomers led by Kailash Sahu said they have finally discovered the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ...

K2-18b is about 2.6 times larger and 8.6 times more massive than Earth. Its temperature is very similar to Earth’s, but the ...

"All the odd shapes and swirling gas observed in the Perseus cluster now make sense within the context of a major merger." Astronomers have discovered a long-missing element of a galactic ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain ...

A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had found evidence for an unexpected atmospheric gas. On Earth, that gas ...

This has opened the door to new dreams and challenges." In an achievement that defies conventional wisdom among astronomers, a trio of eclipse chasers has captured what experts confirm is the ...

MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces. The disintegrating world is about the mass of Mercury, although it circles about 20 ...

Fans of horticultural landmarks are catered for at Scottsdale's Desert Botanical Garden, where some 50,000 plants from ...

Daniel Apai receives funding for astrobiology research from NASA, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that ...