In a groundbreaking discovery, NASA researchers have identified an ancient galaxy in the early universe that hosts an actively feeding central black hole. This black hole is remarkably massive, accounting for approximately half of the galaxy's total mass.

Oldest black hole was formed 470 million years after Big Bang, and it has just been found

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery, detecting the aftermath of a colossal planetary collision in a distant star system located 3,600 light-years away.

Astronomers detect afterglow from collision of two giant planets in remote star system

The Mars Express orbiter has sent a series of seemingly unremarkable pictures to Earth. At first glance, they may look like fuzzy, out-of-focus images, but their significance is massive. Here's why they are important.

These pictures of Earth from Mars show there's no 'Planet B' for us

A new study has suggested that the Milky Way Galaxy harbours one-third of planets that have water and as a consequence, are suitable for life. This study, based on recent telescope data provided by the Kepler Mission, states that there are billions of planets — which are smaller and cooler, with half the mass of the Sun — that revolve around M dwarfs (also knowns Red dwarf).

Milky Way galaxy has hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets, says new study

The world witnessed a rare phenomenon on March 28 when five planets, namely Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus aligned in the night sky. Stargazers couldn’t get enough of the visual treat with people sharing several pictures and videos of the beautiful spectacle.

Amitabh Bachchan shares video of five planets’ alignment, netizens not sure if it's real

Five planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus – will be aligning spectacularly in a visual delight on March 28, offering a treat to the sky gazers. Although the line planets will glorify the sky, the alignment will also have an impact on personal lives.

Five planets alignment: Know how this rare conjunction will impact you astrologically

On Wednesday, astronomy buffs witnessed what experts regard as a rare astronomical event where all the planets in the solar system were visible in the night sky.

Rare 'treat' for skywatchers: All solar system planets visible to the naked eye

India is going to Venus! After its trips to the Moon and Mars, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wants to discover the mysteries of the hottest planet. Venus is a complex planet due to its dense atmosphere and surface activity. The air pressure on the surface of Venus is extremely high. About 90 times greater than the pressure at sea level on Earth. Several features of Venus make it stand out amongst the other planets of the Solar System. Here's wishing ISRO a successful mission, which is likely to take place in 2025.

India is going to Venus! hottest planet's mysteries will be revealed soon

A team of scientists from India, Brazil and France have successfully derived the accurate value of Pluto’s atmospheric pressure. According to the study, Pluto’s atmospheric pressure on its surface is 80,000 times less than that on Earth.

Atmospheric pressure on Pluto’s surface is 80,000 times less than Earth, says study

Astronomers have just detected a disk of dust forming around a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The disk was detected by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg.

Astronomers detect first proof of 'moon-forming' ring around far-off exoplanet

Astronomers recently discovered four teenage exoplanets situated 130 light-years away from Earth. The quartet was was found using data from NASA's TESS mission. Exoplanets are essentially planets that orbit a star outside a solar system, for which reason they're also called extrasolar planets.

Scientists find four 'teenage' exoplanets. One of them is really special.

Dark matter is something that has best scientific minds in the world a bit confused. After all, Dark Matter is extremely hard to spot. However, it is considered that most of the matter in the universe is Dark Matter.

Dark matter in space may be heating up core of planets

The Hubble Space Telescope recently shared another marvel of the universe. In a picture, the Hubble captured a nebula situated around 4,900 light years away in the constellation of Gemini.

Hubble Space Telescope beams back mesmerising image of a nebula!

For the most part, our knowledge of the word 'planet' revolves around the idea is that its a huge space rock, cooler than the stars, deriving energy from the one it revolves around.

This planet is hotter than 80 per cent of stars in the universe

A planetary system far away was recently found to be harbouring two planets that orbit a star rotating backwards. The planets are roughly 897 light-years away from Earth.

Rare backwards-spinning star spotted in a distant planetary system by scientists

Astronomers recently found a solar system whereby six planets are suspended in a strange rhythm The solar system hosts stars that seem to be performing a "rhythmic dance" as they continue to dance around the orbits.

Scientists discover solar system with planets in a strange 'rhythm'

Scientists recently witnessed four distant white dwarfs consuming the crust of dead planets. Most stars, after completing their life cycle simply become white dwarfs, which refers to the core of what once used to be a star.

Scientists just witnessed dead stars munching on remains of planets

The solar system's two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, came within planetary kissing range in Monday's evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080.

Jupiter, Saturn forms the great conjuction in a rare cosmic event

Looks like we might be getting closer to discovering life on mars. Two years ago, scientists discovered a large reservoir under Mars icy surface. Now, they have found three such more lakes!

Hints of life on Mars? Scientists find three lakes buried under the red planet's surface!

What if the universe’s secrets were hiding in the innards of a black hole? Scientists seem to think so. For long, black holes existed in Hollywood films and science fiction books.

Black holes may be repositories of all of universe's history!

You can see these 5 planets in the night skies all week long!

TESS is on a mission to find thousands of new exoplanets orbiting nearby stars

NASA TESS launch: One-of-its-kind mission to hunt for new, habitable planets

NASA's Kepler Mission has identified thousands of exoplanets but leaves a lot of questions about alien worlds.

Opinion: What are NASA's exo-planets

There is much more work to be done to understand what aliens might be like and where we might find them

What evolutionary theory can teach us about the appearance of aliens

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