Astronomers have confirmed the existence of the first known rogue black hole wandering through our galaxy, a discovery that ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), in the constellation Virgo, possesses near its center a supermassive black hole ...

A powerful new telescope has captured its first glimpse of the cosmos, and could transform our understanding of how stars, ...

A photographer has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Michael Steven Harris’ photograph of a ‘milky way over the West ...

Budding astronomers and Milky Way chasers, rejoice! If your idea of the perfect getaway involves kicking back in utter ...

By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

Uncover the mystery of the gamma ray glow at the Milky Way's center. New simulations suggest dark matter collisions could ...

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws ...

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its ...