Scientists used data to map dusty veil of Milky Way

Astronomers have mapped in details the invisible layers of cosmic dust that veils our Milky Way and reddens the...

Black hole: IIT Guwahati researchers decodes X-ray signals

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, in collaboration with UR Rao Satellite Centre,...

Astronomers observe largest ever sample of galaxies up to over 12

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using...

Israeli-led researchers discover Milky Way’s heaviest black hole

Situated approximately 1,500 light-years away from Earth, the black hole was revealed through data collected by the...

University of Technology Sydney partners with high-tech start-up

Sydney [Australia], March 13: The commercialisation of the Australian space sector is light years away from where it...

Hubble captures a planet’s atmosphere being blasted away by star

The red dwarf star, called AU Microscopii, or AU Mic, is located outside of our solar system, 32 light-years from...

Study detects most distant organic molecules using Webb telescope

Astronomers discovered complex organic molecules in the most distant galaxy to date, using NASA's James Webb Space...

Massive fuel-hungry black holes feed off intergalactic gas

Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas...

Astronomers find the most distant stars in our galaxy halfway

Astronomers have discovered more than 200 distant variable stars known as RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way's stellar...

Webb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars

Rice University astronomer Megan Reiter and colleagues took a "deep dive" into one of the first images from NASA's...

Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water

A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds,"...

NASA missions probe game-changing cosmic explosion

On Dec. 11, 2021, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a blast of...