News from cosmology & the universe

When lightning bolts collide, do they unleash powerful gamma-ray flashes?

ALMA measures evolution of monster barred spiral galaxy

Jupiter Was Once Double Its Size With Magnetic Field 50x Stronger

Trump's budget cuts could halt decades of progress in space science

S.Africa's vast radio telescope draws new generation to the cosmos

Universe will die "much sooner than expected," new research says

Universe decays faster than thought, but still takes a long time

How to see May’s full flower moon

A Rogue Black Hole of Unusual Size Is Devouring Stars in a Distant Galaxy

I went to STARMUS La Palma for science and music — I came back in love

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that aimed for Venus is expected to crash back to Earth tonight

Doomed star circling supermassive black hole could be ripped apart in less than 6 years

Hubble Telescope sees wandering black hole slurping up stellar spaghetti

A star has been destroyed by a wandering supermassive black hole

Solving the Black Hole Puzzle: Scientists Propose End to Troubling Singularities

These are the sharpest images yet of planets being born around distant stars

Space photo of the week: Record-breaking James Webb telescope image captures 1,678 galaxy groups at once

Violent events like starquakes could lead to cosmic gold

Gaze at a cluster of glowing galaxies | Space photo of the day for May 2, 2025