While the events observed around Sgr A* are dramatic, this black hole is not as active as some at the center of other ...
The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful ...
See the iconic Pillars of Creation in this 3D visualization created from James Webb and Hubble Space Telescope data. Credits Producer Greg Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of ...
Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James ...
It turns out that one of the most prominent space artists predicted how a strange celestial object would look — 50 years in ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) is scheduled to launch after February 27, 2025 ...
Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...
Astrophysics professor Wendy Freedman discussed her career and award-winning research on the Hubble constant.