In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas are spiralling around the super massive black hole and getting pulled in ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Astronomers have discovered another exoplanet that may have favourable conditions for the existence of liquid water. We are ...

Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.

Astronomers have officially confirmed the existence of HD 20794 d, a super-Earth located just 20 light-years away, with ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are ...

North Liberty’s best kept secret looks like a giant satellite dish nestled in a wooded area between North Liberty and Coralville Lake. But it’s not a satellite. It’s a radio telescope that makes up ...

The primary objective of this spacewalk is to replace critical hardware and repair the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray telescope. Listen to Story Williams and Hague will ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations.. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Big banks with Wall Street arms saw major surges in revenue in 2024 after the drought of the previous two years. That was thanks in large part to American corporations’ growing optimism, which ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...