New research suggests that the x-ray light coming from the Milky Way’s central black hole Sagittarius A* has changed ...

An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Using deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope, they observed a galaxy bearing a striking resemblance to our ...

A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society used advanced computer simulations to test whether major ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

Astronomers have signalled the discovery of a planetary body roaming the Milky Way that is not gravitationally bound to the ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its thrusters to leave Earth behind, and slipped into an orbit around the Sun, ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

Supermassive black holes are mysterious bodies. Now a new preprint study is shedding light on Sagittarius A* by studying what ...

Astronomers have detected a white dwarf, a dense stellar remnant, creating a colorful shockwave as it traverses space.