astronomy

A gigantic, balloon-like structure has been hiding in plain sight, right in the center of our own galaxy. …

A renegade star exploding in a distant galaxy has forced astronomers to set aside decades of research and …

Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe’s first stars inside a rare, ancient star …

Dark matter has been a mystery to scientists for a long time. A team of physicists from Vanderbilt …

We’ve been staring at the stars and wondering what was up there for centuries. We’ve been using mirrors …

About a decade ago, astronomers discovered a population of small, but massive galaxies called “red nuggets.” A new …

Astronomers at ANU have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster …

Astronomers are back in the dark about what dark matter might be, after new observations showed the mysterious …

Ancient Chinese astronomy’s history spans several millennia. And just like how the ancient Indians, Persians, and the Greeks …

The Sun has been the center of our galaxy for assumingly millions or even billions of years. It …