Watch a black hole tear half a dozen stars to shreds

Simulations show how stars can survive a black hole.

By Phil Plait 1 min ago

Newly found ultrahot exoplanet has a 16-hour year… and is also doomed

Exoplanet has the shortest orbit ever seen for a gas giant.

By Phil Plait 1 day ago

Closest monster supermassive black hole pair to Earth found in a nearby galaxy

Duo will eventually spiral together and merge.

By Phil Plait 10 min ago

How massive is the Milky Way?

How much stuff is in our galaxy?

By Phil Plait 23 hours ago

Another Tatooine-like exoplanet found orbiting a binary star

Planet found orbiting a binary with two Sun-like stars.

By Phil Plait 3 days ago

Being thankful: Hubble sees a baby star's shadow play

A protostar's disk casts a long shadow across the sky.

By Phil Plait 4 days ago

Uncertain future: Is Andromeda going to collide with the Milky Way or not?

The Andromeda galaxy may or may not collide with our own in 4 billion years.

By Phil Plait 5 days ago

Two zombie stars are eating their companions and creating cosmic chaos

White dwarfs can eat planets and stars and blast out VAST amounts of energy.

By Phil Plait 6 days ago

Astronomers spot the construction site for a galactic supercity

Protocluster seen 11 billion light years from Earth.

By Phil Plait 1 week ago

Hubble takes a series of giant outer planet family portraits

Gas giant photos c/o Hubble.

By Phil Plait 1 week ago