International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never...
Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across...
Astronomers observe X-ray flashes from a nearby supermassive black hole that accelerate mysteriously
One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise...
New observations from the National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NSF NRAO) Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (NSF...
The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new...
Physicists have proposed a solution to a long-standing puzzle surrounding the GD-1 stellar stream, one of the most well-studied streams...
Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy, a bit...
Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter’s clouds....
A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular “Mandopop” musician Jay Chou. Mi Xiaoqi, a...
Fast radio bursts are brief and brilliant explosions of radio waves emitted by extremely compact objects such as neutron stars...
NSF NOIRLab rings in the New Year with a glittering galaxyscape captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera,...
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship...
