The accidental second discovery was made in the 1960s. At the time NASA was running Project Echo. It involved putting large ...

In a new book release, two scientists combine forces to explain the discoveries, developments and theories made in the realm ...

The dividing line between gas giant planets and failed stars is blurry at best. The isolated planetary-mass object SIMP ...

An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...

Dr. Rachel Smith is an observational astronomer who is searching for extraterrestrial life by studying the scientific ...

A team of astronomers has identified a new polar cataclysmic variable, a rare type of binary star system featuring a highly ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive ...

The public is invited to a Door Peninsula Astronomical Society (DPAS) meeting on March 11, 7 pm. DPAS Board Member Jim Gallt ...

A shockingly bright Nova explosion occurred right on cue, but its brilliance and strange chemical signature baffled ...