A distant Sun-like star suddenly went dark for months, stunning astronomers who quickly realized something massive was ...

The ESIS-II mission aims to capture high-speed “snapshot” images of the Sun’s transition region and corona. To achieve this, ...

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Syed Ashraf Uddin as an Associate Professor within the Department of Physical Sciences, effective January 2026.

The familiar structure of the Lyra Nebula (or Ring Nebula) has just revealed an unexpected feature. At the heart of this ...

"Stars like the sun don’t just stop shining for no reason." ...

In this episode of Physics World Stories, host Andrew Glester explores the fascinating hunt for pristine comets – icy bodies ...

Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that ...

From September 2024 to May 2025, a Sun-like star designated J0705+0612 became 40 times dimmer. Researchers describe the ...

On October 11, 2025, graduate students from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) carried out hands-on ...

Astronomers have observed a Sun-like star dim dramatically for nearly nine months after being obscured by a vast cloud of gas and dust. A huge cloud filled with vaporized metals has been spotted ...

Astronomers have spotted a rare, rule-breaking quasar in the early Universe that appears to be growing its central black hole ...

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months.