In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

The Largest 'Black Hole Jet' Discovered Is Estimated to Be Twice the Size of Our Milky Way We know black holes to be ...

Space has always captured human curiosity. Whether it's vastness, mystery or its planetary bodies. Many individuals, at some ...

Located approximately 27,000 light-years (one light year equals approximately nine trillion kilometres) from Earth — relatively close when it comes to galactic black holes — Sag A* has an estimated ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

That’s not a tumour,’ she said, snapping her gloves at her wrists after - in my view an unnecessarily short - rummage in my ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after ...

Fairy tales may seem like a departure from Kim’s origins at Gordon Ramsay Hospitality and his tenure as The Modern’s pastry chef. But the South Korean chef proves he is adept at cultivating a sense of ...

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

While radio jets are relatively common in the nearby Universe, they have been elusive in the early Universe. This is partly ...