Astronomers observed neutron star 4U 1820-30 spinning at 716 times per second, among the galaxy’s fastest, emitting bursts ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by astrophysicist Michael Yeung of the Institute, a team of researchers has ...

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Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts.

Get an astronaut’s view of auroras, stars, and the Milky Way surrounding our beautiful planet. 12,500 images taken by ...

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to ...

After spending three months in one of the driest places in the world, writer Mark Johanson is eager to return.

Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...

A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...

Launching by 2025, NASA’s SPHEREx mission will map hundreds of millions of galaxies in 102 infrared colors to investigate the ...

SPHEREx will explore the universe in 102 infrared colors, providing unprecedented insights into cosmic origins.

A 2022 image of our galaxy's central black hole taken with the Event Horizon Telescope could have some important inaccuracies, a new study claims.