Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very ...

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn kicks off yet another comic book universe with a flawed yet satisfying bang ...

Star Wars fans rejoice: Lucasfilm has relaunched its vast project to map the sci-fi saga's galaxy, and published a hugely-detailed map with more than 500 planets.

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Big planet orbiting a small star: Scientists discover rare pairing in Milky Way galaxy TOI Science Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jun 4, 2025, 20:55 IST ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive gas giant, TOI-6894b, orbiting the red dwarf star TOI-6894, a pairing that defies current planetary formation theories. This planet, slightly larger than ...

So, the fact that this star hosts a giant planet has big implications for the total number of giant planets we estimate exist in our galaxy." ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

Massive blue stars don’t live long; they explode as supernovae within millions of years of their birth, so a few billion years after its gas is depleted, an elliptical galaxy will look very red ...

The blue galaxy in the corner of the above image is just 1.5 billion light-years away, making the Big Wheel about 50 times more distant—a staggering margin that reveals just how big the Big ...