Known as Sgr A* – pronounced “Sagittarius A star” – the supermassive black hole is four million times the mass of the sun and is known to exhibit flares that can be observed in multiple wavelengths, ...
A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...
A much-loved chocolate treat that disappeared from shelves three years ago has returned alongside two new varieties. Fans of ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
The Paris-based digital aggregator Under The Milky Way (UMW) is celebrating the successful global distribution of 28 European ...
The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration released new findings regarding the supermassive black hole M87* based on ...
A stronomers have discovered two objects that at first looked like a well-known stage in star formation, but also have features that don’t fit that at all. Their forthcoming paper announcing the ...
New research confirms the Universe is expanding faster than theoretical models predict, intensifying the Hubble tension.
The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with ...
A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...