Astronomers have constructed one of the most detailed images yet of Abell 3667, a giant galaxy cluster about 700 million ...

Using one of the most detailed sets of observations ever of a galaxy cluster 700 million light-years from Earth ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast and expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star—the largest structure of its kind ever seen in the Milky Way. The bubble, which contains as ...

HIP 67522 b can’t stop blasting itself in the face with stellar flares, a type of magnetic interaction that scientists have ...

Crop Circles and the CIA Coverup In 1974 a group of scientists beamed a message into space. The message, meant to be received by an intelligent alien species, described life on Earth. Written in ...

What’s in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.

Recently, an international research team headed by Heidelberg University’s Dr. Efthalia Traianou was able to capture a unique ...

Nestled in the Davis Mountains is one of the most important centers of learning in the world located in one of the most ...

A stunning image reveals the plasma jet at the heart of the OJ 287 galaxy, providing new data on black holes’ impact on their ...

Astronomer Professor Michele Dougherty is the first woman in over 350-year history to be appointed the UK's Astronomer Royal. She'll serve as the official adviser to King Charles III on astronomical ...

In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...

For many years astronomers have mused about the possibility of putting radio telescopes on the Moon. Considering the extreme ...