This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...

The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

An image from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) shows a striking celestial sight: the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, a gorgeous face-on galaxy that is one of the closest and brightest barred spiral ...

The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) in Hydra checks almost every box an amateur astronomer could desire. This stunning barred ...

Webb detected rare neon gas in M83. This may signal a hidden black hole, challenging the idea that the galaxy has only ...

Shown here is the Southern Pinwheel galaxy seen in ultraviolet light and radio wavelengths. The radio data, colored here in red, reveal the boondocks of the galaxy where orbiting black holes might ...

An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star,” previously nicknamed ... life on Earth if one were to occur within our galaxy and be directed toward us.

With the right scope you can zoom in on the Big Dipper and use it as a pointer to find the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51). There's more majesty to observe, too; spring is ...

Supernova 2011fe was discovered by the Palomar Transient Observatory just hours after it exploded in the Big Dipper. Studies by the Nearby Supernova Factory of its colors and spectrum as they ...

Turn your gaze towards the Big Dipper and you may also be able to spy the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and Whirlpool Galaxy (M51). But which binoculars should you buy to make the most of these cosmic ...

That means that the failure to detect such a cosmic titan at the heart of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, officially known as Messier 83 (M83), has been a frustrating conundrum. "The JWST is ...