The image shows a shell of thick gas and dust (red) expelled from the outer layers of a star as its core collapsed into a black hole. The in...

Artist impression of the planetary system around the star LHS 1903 Image Credit: © ESA Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary...

This animation shows the four giant planets orbiting HR 8799, located 133 light-years from Earth. The movie combines real images captured at...

An artist’s rendition of the immediate vicinity around the supermassive black hole known as M87*. However, the roiling, superhot gases aroun...

The Final Boundary An illustration of the Cosmic Event Horizon. Unlike the Observable Universe, which is defined by light that has reached u...

Created using data from NASAs Webb telescope in 2026 (right) and from the Hubble Space Telescope in 2007 (left), these images show the prese...

Anton Vasyunin leads the research group and laboratory. Photo Credit: UrFU press service Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance...

Three heads are better than one. Diagram to show the different satellites that made up the ad-hoc sensor network in this study. Their combin...

Differences in the way Earth and Mars orbit the sun. Image Credit: NASA Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery...

A map of the Milky Way based on data from ESA's Gaia telescope Image Credit: ESA Every second, a trillion of the elusive ghost particles...

Astronomers have now witnessed four baby planets in the V1298 Tau system in the process of becoming super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Image Cre...

Artist’s impression of a forming galaxy cluster in the early universe: radio jets from active galaxies are embedded in a hot intracluster at...

Scientific Frontline / Stock image The universe, in its vastness, is largely composed of matter that does not shine. For centuries, the disc...

The chlorine and potassium needed to support planet formation and sustain life come from exploding stars. Image Credit: JAXA "Why are w...

Artist’s interpretation of an ancient total solar eclipse. This illustration is based on artistic imagination and does not represent the exa...

The stars (or rather galaxies) of the show. A montage of eight time-delay gravitational lens systems. There’s an entire galaxy at the center...

Image Credit: NASA New observations made with the ERIS instrument at the Very Large Telescope facility disprove from the assumption that the...

Gamma-ray image of the Milky Way halo (with details). Gamma-ray intensity map excluding components other than the halo, spanning approximate...

The balloon-borne telescope XL-Calibur was launched on a six-day flight from the Swedish Space Corporation’s Esrange Space Center in July 20...

Stars Brewing in Cygnus X Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA The structure of gas and dust resembles a glowing diamond r...