At the center of our galaxy, an enigmatic phenomenon has puzzled scientists. Recent observations suggest that dark matter, ...

Dark matter continues to confound us, so far defying every attempt to decipher it. According to a new study, clues may lurk ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the ...

Bananas contain potassium-40, a radioactive isotope. The levels are harmless and naturally excreted by the body. The ...

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

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, has continuously pushed the boundaries of space exploration over the past 20 years. From the ...

New research from a team at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics suggests that the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, hosts a gravitational structure hundreds of ...

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Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it’s so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful tools is something called 21cm radiation.

This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas. The black ...

This is more than just upending the normal way of doing things. This is more than him just breaking with tradition. He's breaking with facts. He's breaking with truth and in some ways he's ...