‘We were astonished’: Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes

“We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation.”

How Japanese scientists sent a real-life Transformer to the moon

An autonomous rolling rover that was able to transform from a sphere into a robot successfully explored a small part of the moon in 2024.

Could the secret to black hole formation be locked away in this record-breaking ancient quasar?

The quasar existed 12.9 billion years ago and shows that supermassive black holes were able to age rapidly in the early universe.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers ‘galaxy-killing’ wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations.

James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious ‘little red dots’ are black hole stars

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of “little red dots” in the early universe.

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have created a vast underground habitat for life that lasted 8 million years

The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth’s most enduring habitats for life.

Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2026

A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Messier 88 (M88) galaxy, also known as NGC 4501, in all of its swirling glory.

Strange ‘spacetime crystals’ could give birth to tiny black holes

Using just a pen and paper, a team of scientists has calculated how space and time could crystallize to form tiny black holes.

These record-breaking black hole winds could create a category 79 hurricane on Earth

Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting out winds at record-breaking speeds for such an outflow seen in ultraviolet light, traveling at 30% the speed of light.