While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Very Large Telescope observations of the galaxy revealed that there was likely a “sudden awakening of the massive black hole at its core,” according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit; ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...

An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole ...

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.

Astronomers are keeping a close watch on a newly discovered near‐Earth asteroid that, while highly unlikely to hit Earth, remains under intense international scrutiny.

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...