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It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...
Galaxies, including the Milky Way, grow from thick, turbulent disks into layered structures. JWST’s images show this process ...
By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...
A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular ...
Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...
The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...
The monster black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning at ear "top speed," according to a new artificial intelligence (AI) model. The model, trained partially on complex telescope data ...
The bright core of the Milky Way — the biggest and best sight at night — becomes visible in June in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's where to see it with the naked eye.
Here’s how it works. A new AI model (right) adds further details to the first-ever images of black holes (left) taken by the Event Horizon Telescope. (Image credit: EHT Collaboration/Janssen et al.) ...
Supermassive black holes should be pretty hard to miss. Just like Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is.