astronomy

Researchers have discovered one of the fastest growing and largest black holes that is swallowing one sun each day, setting a one-of-its-kind record.

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a pioneer in American astronomy and the first American to discover a new comet.

Earth-like planet is believed to be in the Kuiper Belt—“a doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects” encircling the Sun, stretching beyond the orbit of Neptune.