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

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

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A pair of once-in-a-lifetime comets are rocketing through our skies right now, and it's a rare treat because they won't be ...

This summer, students at the University of Denver participated in the collaborative and innovative course, “Ways of Seeing & ...

Chinese researchers have developed a spectroscopic technique that offers an unprecedented combination of exceptional ...

The newly found object has an estimated mass about one million times that of the Sun. Its true identity remains uncertain: it ...

Late October offers a meteor shower generated by Haley's Comet plus a once in a lifetime comet that streaks by Earth every ...

"Yuheng" derives its name from the fifth star of the Big Dipper, once used by ancient Chinese astronomers to calibrate ...

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