Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...
New research suggests it is unlikely NASA’s plans to obtain samples from Enceladus' liquid oceans will provide clear evidence ...
A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the presence of two gigantic, high-energy “bubbles” towering over and beneath the Milky Way’s center, extending 50,000 light-years into space. First ...
Scientists used an all-optical method to detect and dynamically track the natural vibrational frequencies of a microorganism ...
Our universe does host life, but it’s not the most optimal universe for life. Published in 1962 by American astronomer Frank ...
Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...
After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.
Known as Sgr A* – pronounced “Sagittarius A star” – the supermassive black hole is four million times the mass of the sun and is known to exhibit flares that can be observed in multiple wavelengths, ...
A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...
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