A "forbidden" merger between two black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. New research that suggests the black holes involved were smaller than first calculated.

European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot paid tribute to Star Trek’s real-world contributions to science and exploration by wearing Captain Pike’s Starfleet badge aboard the International Space Station on the show’s 60th anniversary.

Using ALMA, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to form a massive stellar binary, finding chaos that indicates they emerged from different backgrounds.

"When you look up at the night sky, most of those stars have planets."

"We can – and must – get on the right path."