Polarized light reveals final fate of a star “spaghettified” by a black hole It's “the first time anyone has deduced the shape of the gas cloud around a spaghettified star.” ...

It may be hard to imagine a planet blacker than coal, but astronomers say they've found one—and it reflects almost no light. The newfound gas-giant planet TrES-2b is black with a slight red glow ...

And that brings us back to NGC 1365, located about 60 million light years from Earth.Astronomers used NuSTAR to look at X-rays pouring out of material falling into the black hole there. As that ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - There is a slight chance for some light snow tonight across parts of north Alabama but no accumulation is expected. The National Weather Service forecast office in Huntsville ...