A fast-moving star, possibly with an exoplanet, has been detected in the Milky Way, challenging current astrophysical models.

The Martz Observatory will host a screening with speaker Margaret Verrico at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. Verrico’s talk will be shown on the big screen at the Martz-Kohl Observatory and is available ...

NASA frequently shares cosmic images, revealing intriguing details about star-forming regions, black holes, galaxies and ...

While radio jets are relatively common in the nearby Universe, they have been elusive in the early Universe. This is partly ...

The Largest 'Black Hole Jet' Discovered Is Estimated to Be Twice the Size of Our Milky Way We know black holes to be ...

"This discovery challenges the common belief that black holes formed in star clusters always have randomly distributed spins." ...

Located approximately 27,000 light-years (one light year equals approximately nine trillion kilometres) from Earth — relatively close when it comes to galactic black holes — Sag A* has an estimated ...

Cambridge Schools have always been at the forefront of fostering intellectual curiosity and scientific temper among its ...

Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This black hole is 600,000 times the mass of ...

Astronomers detect signs of a massive, invisible black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which may collide with the Milky ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Astronomers have found a massive radio jet, stretching across at least 200,000 light-years in the distant universe. The ...