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Ghostly 'spiral' photobombs Perseid meteors over several US states — and experts are unsure what caused it
By Harry Baker published
The ghostly light, which was triggered by a rocket reentry, sailed across the night sky as skywatchers across the U.S. looked up to see "shooting stars" streak across the heavens. However, experts are confused over which spacecraft is responsible.

Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole
By Elizabeth Howell published
With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.

A real-life Pandora? Newfound 'disappearing' planet in our neighboring star system could have a habitable moon, just like the Avatar movies
By Harry Baker published
The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in the "Avatar" movies.

Would you board a spacecraft that takes 400 years to reach Alpha Centauri?
By Elise Poore published
Poll Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us know in our latest poll.

Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universe
By Elizabeth Howell published
We know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.

Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose 'black hole morsels' — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics
By Andrey Feldman published
Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could pave the way to unlocking new physics, a study claims.

James Webb telescope spots earliest black hole in the known universe, looking 'as far back as you can practically go'
By Skyler Ware published
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have zoomed in on a 'Little Red Dot' that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang, and found that it may contain the earliest known black hole in the universe.
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