The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow. Event Horizon ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

The ground beneath your feet may feel solid, but Earth is constantly shifting. While we have mapped the surface in detail, ...

Scientists have sent nanoemulsion formulations on a space flight to investigate whether chitosan – a material derived from shrimp and widely used to control the release of medications – performs well ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy – including ours, the Milky Way (it's called ...

Gravity also acts between the Moon and the Earth and keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun. The force that pulls things to the centre of Earth (and other planets) is called gravity. Gravity also ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...

Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), inaugurated ...

A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...

As of February 24, 2025, the European Space Agency’s (Esa) Near Earth Object Centre predicts the collision probability ... (that shape tends to be seen in bigger objects with stronger gravity) and we ...