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A team of scientists found a black hole that formed soon after the Big Bang

36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens

A dying star shed most of its layers before exploding, revealing the first-ever glimpse at the innermost shell of a supernova

Astronomers have discovered the most massive black hole yet – more than 10,000 times as massive as the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way…

Black holes could be one of the best laboratories for testing the theory of general relativity

Astronomers have identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed, present 500 million years after the Big Bang

Super set of supernovae suggests dark energy surprise: « Researchers built the largest Type Ia supernova dataset ever and found a hint that dark energy might evolve over time

A new paper suggests gravitational waves – rather than hypothetical particles called inflatons – drove the Universe's early expansion, and the redistribution of matter therein.

Scientists have recreated the oldest molecule in existence, helium hydride, which facilitated cooling and star ignition during the early universe

Grains of sediment recovered from the ocean could be evidence of an ancient comet that exploded in Earth's atmosphere 12,800 years ago, hypothetically triggering a rapid cooling event known as the Younger Dryas period

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 shortlist

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm

Subaru Telescope has discovered a small body beyond Pluto in the outer Solar System

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star

The largest impact crater in the US, Meteor Crater, may be linked to the Grand Canyon

Simulations suggest that Orion Nebular Cluster (ONC), Pleiades, and Hyades might represent snapshots of the same embedded cluster in different evolutionary stages

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Astronomers discover a completely unexpected mineral (djerfisherite) in asteroid Ryugu samples — challenges models of early solar system mixing

The largest map of the universe reveals over 800k galaxies

Livestreaming events around the world to see the first images from the Rubin Observatory

A new type of extremely rare explosion has been discovered—it is a baffling twenty-five times more energetic than the most energetic supernova known

Instead of the Big Bang, a new hypothesis suggests the universe began within a black hole -

Earth Is Pulsing Beneath Ethiopia Where The Crust Is Being Torn Apart In The Early Formation Stages Of A New Ocean Basin.

Discovery of giant planet orbiting tiny star challenges theories on planet formation

First detection of a rare methanol isotope in a protoplanetary disk provides insight into the building blocks of life

Astronomers have found the home address for the universe's 'missing' matter- the landmark study shows that up to that more than three-quarters of the universe's ordinary matter has been hiding in the thin gas between galaxies

First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope

Scientists discover new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes: « In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes, supermassive black holes, and intermediate-mass black holes with masses somewhere in between

Giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomy

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