The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

Learn about NASA's SPHEREx mission, which will launch on March 4, 2025 to study the universe's early history and search the ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...

"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, image of the ...

"Have you ever flipped through old photo albums and suddenly found something fascinating hidden in the background of a ...

Unlike the typical blue-and-green depiction of Earth, this photo shows the planet in a mossy green hue, framed by a thin ...

Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the ...

SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

The shot of our planet and the great cosmos beyond offers an eerie sense of scale to our quotidian situations on Earth.