For the first time ever, astronomers have seen a distant star warp the light of another star, making it seem as though the object changed its position in the sky. It’s a huge discovery — since even ...

In Star Trek, there is a huge number of background actors who walk around and look busy while the main cast delivers their lines. Occasionally, they'll say a word or two but they're mostly just there ...

The Star Wars Universe has one of the richest and deepest banks of supporting characters of any entertainment franchise. Every character you've ever seen on screen, even for a split-second, has a name ...

The mass of Stein 2051 B, a white dwarf star located about 18 light-years from Earth, has been a subject of some controversy for over a century. Now, a group of astronomers has finally made a precise ...

In 2003, astronomers discovered a planet outside our solar system by measuring the way light from a distant star warped around the new world's host star. But it took two more years of telescope ...

According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the gravity from huge objects like stars and galaxies can curve the fabric of spacetime, to the point that passing light will bend from its usual ...

The mass of a white dwarf star located about 18 light-years from Earth, has been a subject of some controversy for over a century. Now, a group of astronomers has finally made a precise measurement of ...

Martin Dominik received funding from Qatar National Research Fund, the Royal Society, and EPSRC. If you are looking at a glass lens you will not see the lens itself, but rather notice objects behind ...

The stars of Orion, showing what was happening in London around the time the light left each star. Background star map by Nubobo, creative commons licence For more of all things London history, sign ...