An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

If the pulsar is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the space-time around the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole ...

Scientists have discovered a new form of life, which once stood at a whopping 26ft (eight metres) tall. Called 'prototaxites', this lifeform lived on Earth around 410 million years ago, before ...

Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor. For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb ...

Scientists in Brazil have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown impact event recorded in hundreds of glassy fragments ...