A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a supermassive black hole.

"No low-frequency radio image of the entire Southern Galactic Plane has been published before, making this an exciting ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling ...

This revelation means scientists might have to rethink Type II supernova models, which would result in some of these cosmic ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Scientific Reports (2025) found that transient light events in astronomical survey data ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is briefly out of view as it travels around the sun this week, but researchers and amateur ...

Starlink satellites have been developed by SpaceX to provide internet to remote locations. Here we explore the controversial ...

A UCLA-led team has achieved the sharpest-ever view of a distant star’s disk using a groundbreaking photonic lantern device ...