A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.

Its age is estimated to be around 13 billion years, almost three times as old as the solar system. It orbits a binary system ...

If a star explodes in space and no one is around to see it, does it wreak a change on terrestrial evolution? Yes, maybe – if ...

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of the first pulsar by the Globular Clusters GMRT Pulsar Search ...

The Einstein Probe was launched in January 2024 to study the high-energy universe, and among its instruments is its ...

Sure, they’re particles and rocks, but they’re still a fascinatingly long way from home. Alpha Centauri is the star system ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...

As civilizations advance, they may need to migrate across the galaxy, and some researchers speculate they could use their own stars as massive engines. New research explores the possibility of a ...

Today: On Feb. 18, 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, at that time classified as the ninth planet.