Meteors, Milky Way, Hunter’s Moon: September astronomical events
Meteor showers, planets, and the core of the Milky Way: Astronomical events for October 2026 The spookiest month…
Scientists Detect Radio Signals from an Exoplanet for the First Time in History
Approximately 63 light-years from Earth lies a planetary system so young that its less than 1 percent as…
Fastest Star Ever Found in the Milky Way Is Racing Around Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Wide-field view of the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide…
Study: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in Cold, Nitrogen-Rich Environment
Astronomers have found new evidence that 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected entering the Solar…
Fastest star in the Milky Way found zipping around black hole
NEW YORK — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole…
The Milky Way may have merged with another galaxy shortly after the Big Bang
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing two galaxies. Since its formation, the Milky Way has merged…
The Milky Way glows brightly in first-of-its-kind neutrino image
IceCube has produced the first neutrino image of the Milky Way, revealing high-energy particle activity concentrated along our…
A cosmic breadcrumb trail leads astronomers to a discovery in another galaxy
A cosmic breadcrumb trail leads astronomers to a discovery in another galaxy A faint ribbon of stars in…
Water and Dust Found Surviving near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found that IRS 3 — a bloated giant…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
The world’s largest digital camera captured more than 500,000 galaxies and 50,000 stars in one deep view of the universe
Rubin Observatory stacked hundreds of images from its 3.2-billion-pixel camera; the final view contains over half a million…
This Star Is Racing Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light
Illustration of a sunlike star passing very close to a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser…