International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

Astronomers have captured a groundbreaking phenomenon at the brink of a supermassive black hole located at the heart of ...

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how collisionless shock waves -- found throughout the universe -- are able to accelerate particles to extreme speeds.

MIT astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that’s teetering at the black hole’s edge.

The first full moon of 2025 will reach peak illumination Monday at 5:27 p.m. EST, according to NASA, rising from the eastern ...

The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight ...

Humanity achieved a fateful milestone last year. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has officially ...

Northern lights were a regular sight over the Adirondacks through the past year and should continue to be in 2025.

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with ...