A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...

NASA is set to launch SPHEREx, a groundbreaking telescope that will create the most precise and colorful map of the universe.

Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and her team have ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

A polar bear fetching a stick and other jaw-dropping moments from this year's World Nature Photography Awards.

Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville say they have made a major breakthrough in the study of dark matter in ...

The Milky Way's tidal forces may be shaping the Oort Cloud's inner structure into a spiral shape.

NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after ...

Rare X-ray flash XRT 200515 spotted in the Large Magellanic Cloud Scientists suggest a neutron star or magnetar as a possible source Future observations may reveal a new cosmic phenomenon ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

(CNN) - Astronomers say they have spotted a dazzling light show from the Milky Way’s black hole. The astronomers spotted the ...