On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones.

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a detailed image of NGC 6000, a barred spiral galaxy. It displays a yellow core of old ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

A giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful evidence of dark matter. Her groundbreaking work revealed that most of the ...

The Milky Way's satellite galaxies are less typical than previously thought. Most Milky Way-like galaxies have star-forming satellite galaxies, unlike our own. The Milky Way's unique satellite galaxy ...

Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of ...

The Flagship 2 simulation, developed using an algorithm by University of Zurich astrophysicist Joachim Stadel, is the largest ...