Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA's ...

The two galaxies shown here, NGC 6278 and PGC 039620, are representative of the more than 1,600 galaxies analyzed in a new study. Both galaxies are ...

He cited the astronomical gaffe in January, when The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., announced the discovery of an ...

Our solar system is on the move, traveling at 828,000 km/h through a galactic structure most people don't know exists. This ...

New 3I/ATLAS images from NASA and the ESA suggest the interstellar comet is active as it approaches Earth in December.

Since the beginning of our species’ history, we have used the stars to propel us forward. The stars allowed us to navigate ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Researchers have discovered a large, orderly spiral galaxy that formed soon after the Big Bang, when space was only about 1.5 ...

Razor-thin chain of 14 galaxies may be the biggest spinning structure yet ...

Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...