At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are ...

How does a planet’s size influence its orbit ... shape. This study has the potential to help scientists better understand the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos and what this ...

The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.

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Real-life asteroids don’t come hurtling toward Earth from the outer reaches of space the way they do in the movies. They tend to orbit elliptical paths around the sun, passing within sight of ...

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There are plenty of weird things floating around in space and black holes may be the weirdest. They've certainly sparked and stretched our imaginations.

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...