The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

Just last week, for instance, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City debuted a new “space show” called Encounters in the Milky Way—and this ...

The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate. That's just one thing astrophysicists have discovered after developing ...

LEIDEN, Netherlands — For decades, astronomers have been hunting for roughly 40% of the universe’s ordinary matter that seemed to have vanished without a trace. Now, researchers using powerful X-ray ...

For the study, the researchers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) to image the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), which is a spiral galaxy located just over 11 million ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic ...

News UK & World News parents Parents take on 'cool kids' trend behind children's back for good reason A new 'trend' parents are taking part in behind their children's backs is taking off, and ...

United Way is set to kick off the annaul Summer Eats for Kids program on July 8th to ensure local children have access to healthy food and books while school is out. Last summer, the program ...

To capture the galaxy in this light, the team of researchers observed it for over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way. The exoplanet, a gas giant named AT2021uey b, orbits a low-mass star and is located about 3,200 light-years away from Earth ...

In addition, most microlensing efforts are recorded at the Galactic Center -- the densest part of the Milky Way, Edita Stonkutė, an associate professor of astronomy at Vilnius University, said in a ...