astronomy

Scientists created a lab-grown black hole that began glowing after simulating an event horizon to test a Stephen Hawking theory. A group of scientists created an analog for the black hole in a laboratory by analyzing the properties of the...

Up on the slopes of central Greece stands a planetarium and observatory of unparalleled educational value to the area and beyond.

The stars in the distant galaxy of our Milky Way are their long-term committed relationship with each other. Yet, there is one star astrologers and scientists have identified that likes to eat its companion. Unlike the lonely sun, the...

China's first dedicated observatory for thorough solar investigation will launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 9. 

A planet referred to as Planet Nine might possibly exist in the solar system's outermost reaches. It would be the solar system's first newly discovered planet to be recognized since 1846 if it is confirmed. When dwarf planet Pluto...

The first image of Neptune from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers the finest look at this ice giant's rings in more than three decades, as well as its fainter dust bands. Astronomers last obtained such a high-quality picture...

Scientists discovered that the Antikythera Mechanism was an elaborate construction of gears which controlled dials tracking the planets.

John Paraskevopoulos may not be a household name, but the Greek astrophysicist who had a crater on the moon named after him and discovered a number of comets, made a significant contribution to our understanding of the universe in...

Many of the constellations we know in the night sky were named according to the myths of the ancient Greeks. But similar stories are told by those from many other cultures  on Earth, including those of Australia. By Duane W. Hamacher Look upon...

Is there anybody out there? Chinese scientists think there is, and may have detected alien life beyond the cosmos. Or did they? China's Sky Eye telescope—the biggest radio telescope in the world—appears to have gathered signs of potential "alien civilization,"...