Galaxy

This marked the first time that scientists had observed a sun-like star being repeatedly snacked upon by a supermassive black hole.

Scientists have long suggested that the supermassive black holes in these galaxies are interacting with the gas clouds to prev

A new discovery shows how the distinctive pattern of mud cracks on Mars offer the first real evidence of wet-dry cycles that could support life.

Supermassive black holes sit at the center of many galaxies and are often surrounded by accretion disks that they feed on. Scientists observed a previously unexplored region near one – by accident.

A Spanish astronomer has discovered an active galactic nucleus at the center of the Sombrero Galaxy.

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, did not always have its iconic spiral shape. Rather, it acquired its shape through a process called “galactic speciation.”

Dark matter, seemingly invisible, is thought to make up a vast majority of all matter in the universe. A massive galaxy having none would challenge everything we know about the universe.

Gravitational lensing has the practical effect of a magnifying glass, microscope, or binoculars, and enables scientists to observe celestial bodies that would otherwise be too distant to discern.

Scienets have observed a white dwarf star, named for the two-faced ancient Roman god, that appears to have two sides with completely different compositions.

Astrophysicists have tried to calculate how long the universe has existed by measuring time elapsed since the Big Bang and evaluating the oldest stars at high redshifts of light from other galaxies.