Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Three young stars have been kicked out of their cosmic nursery, perhaps for engaging in a gravitational brawl, according to Hubble Space Telescope scientists, who released images of the trio on ...

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever ...

Explore the cosmos through ten stunning new images captured by the European Space Agency, showcasing breathtaking views of nebulas, galaxies, and celestial wonders from across the universe.

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

We measure the “warmness” of the dark matter, i.e. the comoving root-mean-square thermal velocity v hrms (1) , with nearly 3000 spiral galaxy rotation curves in the ...

Jupiter is still a month from opposition, rising about 9 p.m. in the NE as November begins, and right after sunset by Thanksgiving. Saturn is the only planetary highlight in the evening now, in ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explores the evolution of spiral galaxy UGC 10043 through images taken 23 years apart, in 2000 ...