Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Scientists have announced the surprising discovery of oxygen and other heavy metals in the most distant known galaxy. The ...

Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...

Scientists have made a stunning discovery of oxygen in the most distant galaxy known, raising questions about how galaxies ...

The smallest disk identified, meanwhile, stretched to just 0.6 AU – closer to the star than the Earth is to the Sun.

One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a computer, ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever observed, JADES-GS-z14-0, shaking up our understanding of ...

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...