Supernovae are the brilliant, explosive deaths of stars. For a short time, these explosions can outshine an entire galaxy containing billions of stars. A recently discovered rare class of supernovae, termed…
As galaxies get older they get rounder, and fall victim to the middle-aged spread that catches many of us humans here on Earth.
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz thought it would take years to find a planet outside the solar system – they did it in months.
An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.
If some of the laws of physics were only infinitesimally different, we would simply not exist. It almost looks like the universe itself was built for life. But how can that be?
Astronomers from around the world identify their favourite images sent back to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
What makes our sun shine has been a mystery for most of human history. Given our sun is a star and stars are suns, explaining the source of the sun’s energy would help us understand why stars shine. An…
The BBC favourite returns with new bodywork. But will the ride on the wild side continue?
A detailed study of comets orbiting the young nearby star Beta Pictoris is published today in the journal Nature, and it reveals striking similarities to the comets found in our solar system. Over the…
HD 219134 b may not be a catchy name - but our new planetary neighbour deserves just as much attention as Earth’s cousin, Kepler-452 b.
