European Southern Observatory

Scientists discover a huge black hole, 700 million light-years away, that eats about one sun per day

The black hole’s mass is also about 8,000 times bigger than the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

Astronomers find planetary maternity ward, 520 light-years from Earth and watch as a planet is born

It takes several million years for a planet to reach its final stage and it is forming around a star about 2.4 times the mass of the sun

The closest black hole yet discovered is a mere 1,000 lightyears away, reveals ESO study

This is one of the very first stellar-mass black holes that does not interact violently with its environment and appear truly black.

Astronomers discover star orbits black hole as per Einstein’s theory of relativity

Their observation proved that Isaac Netwon’s theory of gravity was not right in this case as he suggested that the orbit of a star would be elliptical. It was Einstein who had predicted the path correctly.

Monster black hole 700 mn light-years away sets record for the largest one found to date

The researchers think it's possible that the black hole ate up the stars surrounding it, or pushed them away.

Our Milky Way galaxy weighs 1.5 trillion solar masses, Hubble & Gaia estimate

The new mass estimate puts our galaxy on the beefier side compared to other galaxies in the universe.

NASA discovers rare neutron star outside of Milky Way and releases a stunning image of it

The neutron star discovered using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a rare variety that has both a low magnetic field and no stellar companion.

Astronomers find an exoplanet with a cloud-free atmosphere that's larger than Jupiter and has Saturn's mass

The spectrum of WASP-96b shows the complete fingerprint of sodium, which can only be observed for an atmosphere free of clouds,

NASA could send a spacecraft to a nearby exoplanet by 2069 to search for signs of life

Although most of the technology NASA needs for such a mission does not exist yet, it could involve travelling at one-tenth the speed of light.

Astronomers discover an Earth-like exoplanet expected to support life, it's located 11 light years away and is called Ross 128 b

This Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of the Earth,