In December 2019, an ordinary galaxy 300 million light-years from us in the constellation Virgo suddenly woke up. After decades of inactivity, the black hole ... X-ray flares. Astronomers believe ...

Astronomers can instead look for galaxies without a tilted jet coming from its black hole. This idea is key to understanding where intelligence could potentially have emerged and matured in the ...

Telescopes observe such far-off exoplanets when they cross in front of their star, allowing astronomers to analyse how molecules block the light streaming through their atmosphere. In 2023 ...

Astronomers discovered K2-18b in 2015, using data from the Kepler Space Telescope. It was a type of planet commonly found outside our solar system, but one without any analog near Earth that ...

A team of astronomers shared they’ve found what they say is the most promising sign of extraterrestrial life on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, in a solar system 120 light-years from Earth.

Black holes are objects whose gravity is strong enough to trap light, and the traditional black hole of general relativity is surrounded by an event horizon. Seen from outside the event horizon ...

One hundred years ago, astronomers captured the light ... alive in search of radio waves from a ring of light encircling the shadow of a black hole more than 300 quintillion miles away.

To ascertain the chemical composition of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, astronomers analyze the light from its host star as the planet passes in front of it from the perspective of Earth ...

Q: If the gravity of a black hole is so strong that nothing can escape from it, not even light, how has the Hubble Space Telescope recorded images of gas jets ejected from black holes?

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...