The Milky Way’s black hole flickers and flares

This artist’s concept portrays the Milky Way‘s black hole. This supermassive black hole sits at the…

Speediest exoplanet found near Milky Way center?

View larger. | Artist’s visualization of stars near the center of the Milky Way. The longer…

Why won’t the Blaze Star explode? (and how YOU can see it when it does)

The Blaze Star isn’t one star but 2. It’s a binary system with a white dwarf…

Pale Blue Dot 35 years later: Earth in a sunbeam

View larger. | In this image from Voyager 1 – acquired on February 14, 1990, from…

Signs of life on Enceladus might remain hidden in its ocean

View larger. | Artist’s illustration of Cassini spacecraft flying through the water vapor plumes of Enceladus.…

Highest energy neutrino observed by undersea telescope

This is the optical module of the telescope KM3NeT that has captured the highest energy neutrino…

Einstein ring spotted around a nearby galaxy

Look closely. Can you spot the ring of light around the center of this galaxy, NGC…

Largest radio jet seen yet in the early universe

Watch this video of the largest radio jet that astronomers have seen yet in the early…

The Great Meteor Procession 112 years ago

Canadian artist Gustav Hahn painted his impression of what the 1913 Great Meteor Procession looked like.…

Are grooves on Uranus’ moon Ariel evidence for an ocean?

View larger. | NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft captured this view of Uranus’ moon Ariel on January…