Solar flares are colossal explosions in the sun's atmosphere that hurl out bursts of powerful radiation. These events are ...

New Mexico State University Astronomy Associate Professor Wladimir Lyra has received a new $450,000 grant from the National ...

Astronomers have detected a massive gamma-ray explosion coming from outside the galaxy. The explosion's origins and power are ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

New research based on data from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests the dwarf planet Ceres may have once possessed a deep, ...

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

The polarization pattern around M87* — the first black hole to be directly imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope — has changed direction, and scientists aren't sure why.

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

Astronomers Discover Rare Einstein Cross With Fifth Image, Revealing Hidden Dark Matter When Rutgers theoretical ...

A team of researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to discover 12 ancient black holes from 12.9 billion years ago ...

"We need to understand for how long HW2 can keep growing." Astronomers have captured the clearest view to date of a massive young star gulping down swirling gas, offering a rare glimpse into how these ...