Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope has given scientists new insights into why some supermassive black holes shine differently…

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun’s mass to tens of billions. Now a group…

Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on…

Astronomers have discovered enormous circular radio features of unknown origin around some galaxies. Now, new observations of one dubbed the…

At a time when phone cameras are capable of taking snapshots with millions of pixels, an instrument on the Japan-led…

Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages…