In the bigger picture, “down” could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

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

The number of black holes they found in dwarf-sized galaxies far exceeded what they previously thought.

Across the sky, astronomers are stitching together vast samples of galaxies to understand how often supermassive black holes ...

Abendano, the team has built a sample of molecular clouds in this galaxy by analyzing the data from the Combined Array for ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way ...

Astronomers describe the discovery of the largest-known stream of super-heated gas in the universe ejecting from a nearby ...

The Space Age framed nuclear propulsion as a quiet rethinking of movement, distance, and endurance beyond Earth.

Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to date, providing the clearest ...

Most astronomers agree that young galaxy clusters should be relatively cool compared to older ones. But researchers recently ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...