Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the ...

In general, young stellar objects (YSOs) are stars in early stages of evolution; in particular, protostars and pre-main sequence (PMS) stars. They are usually detected within dense molecular ...

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the ...

Artist's impression of the nu Octantis system. Image generated by ChatGPT-4.0 and further modified by Trifon TRIFONOV using the GNU Image Manipulation ...

June 2025 is poised to be a thrilling month for cinephiles and streamers alike, with Hollywood gearing up to deliver a robust ...

Most stars in the Universe exist in binary or multiple star systems, where the presence of close-in companion stars in such systems can adversely influence the formation and orbital stability of ...

A team of astronomers observed a confused exoplanet orbiting its two parent stars in a highly unusual way. As New Scientist ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers discover that "introners," transposable elements, are responsible for spreading noncoding DNA ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA helps ...

Tom Cruise, then already one of the world’s biggest movie stars, accepted the mission to star in a big-screen adaptation of Mission: Impossible, the celebrated late ‘60s espionage television show with ...