These environments can only be simulated with a assortment of simple molecules enclosed in temperatures
Why does Venus look blue in some spacecraft images?
What is it about this terrestrial world’s atmosphere that gives it its unusual colour?
Space telescope maps star’s ‘death spiral’ into a black hole
Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the Sun wandered too close to the central black hole of its galaxy
Astronomers discover massive black hole choking on stardust
Data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft, amongst other telescopes, suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts
Stellar cannibalism transforms star into a brown dwarf
Astronomers have detected a sub-stellar object that used to be a star, after being consumed by its white dwarf companion
Hubble spots supermassive stars
Astronomers have identified nine monster stars with masses over 100 times the mass of the Sun in the star cluster R136
Abell 33: Is this cosmic “diamond ring” real?
A trick of the eyes or the real deal? We take a look…