In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way from the ISS, highlighting the stunning view of our galaxy ... Apart from taking amazing photos of the universe, Pettit ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to discover REBELS-25, a Milky Way-like galaxy from the early universe. Credit:ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin ...

A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

That means, without bright moonlight, you can peer deep into the heavens to spot galaxies, nebulae, and the core of our home galaxy ... to Get the Best Photos of the Milky Way This Year The ...

(1.7 m) high-gain antenna will be able to send a firehose of pictures ... of the Milky Way that’s ever been attempted. Our solar system’s region of space lies in the plane of the galaxy ...

But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ... One of the Fastest-Spinning Stars in the Universe Oct. 30, 2024 — New research in our Milky Way ... in Nunavut, Canada was conducted ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...

Using the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National ...

When that occurs, the newly found black hole in the dwarf galaxy may merge with Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This cosmic collision may remake our ...