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

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

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

Scientists are attributing the mysterious, diffuse glow at our galaxy's center to dark matter, a phenomenon usually linked ...

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

The Point Arena Lighthouse rises majestically from its windswept peninsula in Mendocino County, a 115-foot sentinel that’s been guiding mariners safely past treacherous waters since the 1800s while ...

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

A spectacular new image of the Heart Nebula is captivating astronomy enthusiasts, revealing an energetic star-forming region ...

The Point Arena Lighthouse rises majestically from its windswept perch in Mendocino County, a gleaming white sentinel that’s been guiding sailors safely past treacherous waters since the 1800s while ...

Astronomers have discovered that a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Circinus galaxy is feeding through two ...