The nearest black hole yet found to the solar system is invisible, gives off no light, and was discovered not by seeing it but by watching a star behave as if it were tethered to something unseen.

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted ...

There are myriad ways of "being a star," and scientists spend years trying to uncover and understand them. One unusual type is the so-called hot subdwarf—small stars that burn mysteriously hot for ...

Groundbreaking instrument captures its first observations of the heart of our Galaxy, launching a mission to map millions of ...

September’s sky features brilliant Venus, the Milky Way’s hazy center, and the seasonal turning point of the equinox. The ...

Astronomers have discovered a second interstellar cloud near the center of the Milky Way that is extraordinarily rich in ...

Mid-September brings an opportunity to image the famed zodiacal light. In the days around the equinox, look east before dawn ...

The picture-perfect launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could push forward the space agency’s ultimate search for life ...

The universe is full of old light. That makes the past observable in remarkable ways - but it does not make the past ...

The closest black hole yet confirmed to Earth is not some distant monster lurking at the galaxy’s heart — it sits a ...

Astronomers will use data collected by Roman’s wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.

वैज्ञानिकों ने आकाशगंगा यानी मिल्की वे में मौजूद 110 तारों के समूहों का अध्ययन किया और पाया कि अलग-अलग जगहों पर बनने वाले ...