Space

Emissions from a supermassive black hole orbiting a much more massive hole at the heart of a brilliant quasar have finally been detected.

Over the past several decades, astronomers have discovered that nearly all large galaxies host a central supermassive black hole millions or billions of times the mass of the Sun. And despite making up only a tiny fraction of the mass of the galaxy that houses it, these black holes and […]

As part of a Biden/Harris initiative, NASA will award more than $5 million in funding to seven Women’s Colleges and Universities (WCUs) to research and develop strategies that increase retention of women in STEM degree programs and careers.

Long spaceflights can cause astronauts’ ventricles — cavities in the brain that hold cerebrospinal fluid — to enlarge by up to 25%. And it apparently takes years for the swelling to go down.

Back in action after its primary mirror was repaired and recoated, the Gemini North Telescope captures a spectacular view of a just-discovered Type II supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy.

United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan Centaur rocket is back on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral for a critical test-firing of its Blue Origin-built BE-4 main engines as soon as Wednesday, a test that was delayed from last month by an issue with the booster engine ignition system.

A far cry from the beautiful wide-field shots of barred spiral NGC 5068 you may be used to seeing, the the mossy green, gaseous vines that appear here offer a different view. This infrared closeup of the galaxy’s central regions highlights structures that play an important role in the development […]

NASA announced Tuesday the University of Alabama in Huntsville is the overall winner of the agency’s 2023 Student Launch challenge.

Using data collected by NASA’s sun-touching Parker Solar Probe, scientists have tracked the “fast” solar wind back to showerhead-like funnels generated by coronal holes.

Hi folks, tune in every week of 2023 for the best in astronomy from Astronomy Editor Dave Eicher, brought to you by Celestron. Dave’s weekly video series will cover all the latest sky events, scientific results, overviews of cosmic mysteries, and more! This week is a great time to check […]