The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...
At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...
At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...
Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months from an orbit over Earth's poles.
The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most well-studied galaxies, but new findings suggest it might have been holding a ...
A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...
The Godzilla Nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius that resembles the movie monster Godzilla. The image was captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
A hidden monster black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud fired runaway stars at the Milky Way at millions of miles per hour.