Giant Alien World Found Hiding in Plain Sight for 11 Years
Beta Pictoris is located about 60 light-years away toward the constellation of Pictor (the Painter’s Easel) and is…
After Centuries of Research, Betelgeuse Turns Out to Be Two Stars, Not One
Artistic impression of Betelgeuse and its candidate companion, Betelgeuse B. The smaller blue-white star has been enlarged for…
This Is What a Star Looks Like Just 26 Hours After It Explodes
Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star. Just 26 hours after the supernova SN…
Astronomers Capture Most Detailed Thousand-Color Image of a Galaxy
This image shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s…
Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible
The largest black hole ever detected is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. It exists near…