India is starting to split in two, new study discovers

India is changing drastically under the Earth's surface, as a new study has revealed that the Indian Continental Plate could be splitting in two. 

Astronomers spot a star swallowing a planet

Scientists have observed a star swallowing a planet for the first time. Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.

Large amounts of O2 in ancient star's atmosphere

Astronomers have detected large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere of one of the oldest and most elementally depleted stars known. This finding provides an important clue on how oxygen was produced in the first generations of stars.

Black hole caught SHREDDING a star 'just' 290 million light years away

Astronomers at the University of Maryland, observed the event, which is the closest tidal disruption discovered in about a decade.