Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the galaxy’s disc, an echo of something mysterious in our galaxy’s ancient past.

An astrophysicist has proposed an intriguing explanation for why humanity has never made contact with an extraterrestrial ...

Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* ...

Catch a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy as it hangs high in the October night sky. Late October presents a perfect ...

HD 140283, better known as the Methuselah star, is around 200 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Libra. It is ...

In an interview with the BBC, professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

NASA’s “What’s Up” guide for October 2025 outlines the month’s best celestial events, including Moon–planet pairings, meteor showers, and stargazing tips for observers worldwide.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been busy, and honestly, it’s like getting a whole new set of eyes on the universe.

Complex, intelligent life in the galaxy appears vanishingly rare, with the nearest possible civilization perhaps 33,000 light ...