Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...

Astronomers uncover the closest supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, rewriting our understanding of ...

A mysterious, one-off flash of energy from an unknown object outside the Milky Way has left astronomers puzzled ... flashes the Chandra telescope has seen outside our galaxy, according to a ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the closest known outside the Milky Way. This discovery was made by tracking ...

The ghostly ring Kýklos (from the Greek κύκλος, circle or ring) and the object WR16 both show the environment of rare and ...

This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.