The image, taken by the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, ...

The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. Light and shadow ...

M2-9 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the "Twin Jet Nebula." If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it ...

A NASA study has revealed a peculiar black hole. It rotates sideways, defying expectations in its galaxy, NGC 5084. The sideways black hole, discovered using archived Chandra X-ray data ...

A new image resembling a Christmas wreath captures young stars lighting up dense, dark clouds of dust. The image features NGC 602, a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy to the ...

Nov. 13, 2024 — Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of ...

In a revelation that challenges conventional theories, NASA astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. The next milestone: closest approach to the sun. Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through ...

illustration showing five different modules in orbit, with earth in the background NASA awarded Axiom Space a contract in 2020 to attach one or more modules to the International Space Station (ISS ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. On Tuesday, Parker will pass ...