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Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...
Jets are cosmic phenomena that could happen in a couple of ways. Now, researchers have found one larger than the Milky Way, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C (Sgr C). Reported to be around 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central ...
Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...
Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...
Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.
This year, the Buck Moon follows Earth's aphelion, the point in its orbit farthest from the Sun, by just a few days, ...
The Helix Galaxy, located 42 million light years away, is an unusual object as it is both a polar ring and a lenticular ...
According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...
Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.
The outer space is a fascinating place that will neve cease to amaze us, with incredible views that gives us a perspective of ...
NASA astronomers have confirmed what may be the greatest discovery of the era. They found a significant reservoir of water that was hidden in the cosmos, and that surrounds a quasa ...