At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass. A mass ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—nearly as massive ...

Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*," according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times per second, placing it among the fastest-spinning stars ever observed. The ...

The classic question, “What came first, the egg or the chicken?” has intrigued philosophers and scientists for centuries. A ...

Over the past few years, scientists have become obsessed with UFOs as NASA investigates the origins and technology behind the phenomenon.

In the earliest moments of the universe, nearly 14 billion years ago, a phenomenon both fascinating and mysterious occurred.

The image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Each year, the galaxies produce the equivalent of two dozen new stars that are the size of the Sun. Our Milky Way galaxy only forms the equivalent of two or three new Sun-like stars per year. Both ...

It was a stunning insight into the swirling mass that sits at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. ALSO READ: Sunita Williams stuck in space: Why NASA is not in a hurry to bring her back? The image ...