Black holes aren't alive, but it turns out that they can have a heartbeat — if they're consuming enormous amounts of gas. And...
For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the black hole at the center of a galaxy roaring to life in real time — and...
At the center of the Milky Way galaxy resides a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of our sun called Sagittarius A*...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why...
What it is: CG 4, a "cometary globule" often called "God's Hand"Where it is: Gum Nebula, 1,300 light-years away in the constellation...
We live in a light-polluted world, where streetlamps, electronic ads and even backyard lighting block out all but the brightest celestial...
Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. But in summer...
Earlier this year, astronomers were keeping tabs on data from the Zwicky Transient Facility, an all-sky survey based at the Palomar...
A monster asteroid, possibly the largest seen in eight years, has been discovered by astronomers, and it poses a significant potential...
Twenty additional moons have been identified around Saturn, raising the total to 82. This surpasses the previous record holder, Jupiter,...
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (or DESI for short) has created the largest 3D map of the universe we’ve ever seen. DESI...
Ground-based telescopes delivered the first real-time view of a red supergiant star’s death throes. While they are neither the...
There is a massive ball of hot gas billions of light-years distant that is brighter than hundreds of billions of suns. [This is an...
