Tag: astronomy

An artist’s impression of a black hole consuming gasJohn A. Paice In the distant universe, a supermassive black hole seems ...

Shooting stars during the 2020 Lyrids meteor showerIngo Bartussek/Shutterstock The Lyrids meteor shower is one of the best chances to ...

A composite image of the Crab nebula features X-rays (blue and white), optical data (purple) and infrared data (pink)X-ray (IXPE: ...

GRB221009A surrounded by dust ringsESA/XMM-Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF) The most powerful explosion ever seen may break our understanding of how these ...

Comet 108P/Ciffreo was spotted in 1985 hurtling through space alongside a strange blob of dust, and now astronomers have finally ...

Turning astrophysical data into audio has led to all sorts of surprising discoveries, from micrometeoroids bombarding spacecraft to lightning on ...

Observations of a huge test satellite that launched in September have fuelled concerns about the impact a planned fleet could ...