A newly discovered star system in the heart of the Milky Way is moving at unprecedented speeds. Scientists believe this ...

The middle star in the dagger is actually not a star, but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will lift 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to low-Earth orbit (LEO) on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 6:15 PM EST ...

Boeing notified employees it is planning to issue layoff notices "to align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations." ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

How do you cool down a phoenix? I don't mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but rather a cosmic namesake with a fittingly fiery nature.

Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares ...

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique ...

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...