Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...

"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." ...

This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...

Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian have found compelling evidence of the nearest ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

The shot of our planet and the great cosmos beyond offers an eerie sense of scale to our quotidian situations on Earth.

A SpaceX Falcon 9, carrying the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, is scheduled to lift off on Tuesday, March 4 at 10:09 p.m. ET.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station, offering a ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive ...

Unlike the typical blue-and-green depiction of Earth, this photo shows the planet in a mossy green hue, framed by a thin ...

If you are away from city lights you’ll see the winter Milky Way stretching from the SSW horizon to the NNE horizon. Leo can be found standing on its side in the east and is easily picked out by ...