Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers ...

Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...

We will never get an image of the Milky Way from above, but M81 or Bode's galaxy is a good stand-in – and now is a great time ...

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth. The latest estimates suggest there are around one septillion stars, which is a 1 followed by 24 zeros. Our sun is a typical G-type ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

An elongated object near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known only as ‘X7,’ has piqued the ...

The SPHEREx mission is managed by NASA JPL for the agency's Astrophysics Division within the Science Mission Directorate at ...

Sisters has been named Oregon's newest 'Dark Sky Community,' in recognition of the city’s efforts to curb light pollution.

"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive ...

A South African telescope has identified a colossal galaxy stretching 3.3 million light-years, over 32 times the size of the ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...