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Unlike active galaxies that constantly pull in surrounding material, these black holes lie dormant until a star passes by.

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy.

A STUNNING photo has captured a rare secret among the stars – and it could be the first time the phenomenon has ever been ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic ...

The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory in Chile named for trailblazing American Jewish astronomer Vera Rubin ...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for ...

This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.

Goar’s passion is the Dark Sky Telescope Program that runs through Sept. 21, and that takes place in the Hurricane Ridge ...

Answer 17: A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere. A meteorite is a meteoroid that survives passage ...