Dark matter is one of the biggest puzzles in science. Although it makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe, it ...

Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a new model to better understand “steam worlds,” or water-rich sub-Neptunes—some ...

In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers have introduced a groundbreaking method to map the “polka dots” on distant stars, enhancing our understanding of the relationship ...

A set of instruments shut off almost 50 years ago are still producing useful results. It's the seismometers left by the ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...

This black hole could then grow and consume the entire planet, turning it into a black hole with the same mass as the ...

Your emotions will be heightened at this time, making you more aware than ever of your inner sentiments and buried ...

Four and a half billion years ago, Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the ...

Within the field of mineralogy and planetary geology, there is an increasing interest in understanding the kinetics of ...

As we picnic and listen to Holst’s “The Planets” and our children enjoy the first few weeks of school, it is easy to ...

Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation.