The universe has a knack for throwing curveballs at astronomers. Just when scientists think they’ve got cosmic mechanics ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying space since 1990 and has captured some interesting cosmic elements in action.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

More often than not, astronomers have a specific something they’re looking for when searching the cosmos. But the universe is achingly huge and mysterious, leading to discoveries no one ever set out ...

A dinosaur dubbed one of the “strangest” ever found boasted an elaborate armory of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature. Spicomellus, which ...

The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings. The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern ...

Astronomers have identified an enormous "growth spurt" in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our solar system, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The ...

The formation of planets is a fascinating process. They usually originate in a disc of dust and gas surrounding stars. When particles come together, they form a clump, and through a process called ...