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

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

The Southern Pinwheel is particularly visible ... this is also a region where old stars are dying, and the galaxy has been host to six supernova explosions seen in the last century.

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 ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy ...

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

You can contact her via email: [email protected] Astronomers have uncovered a new mystery surrounding a pinwheel-shaped ... that—should the system go supernova—Earth could be hit with ...

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

Supernova SN 2023ixf, a Type II supernova, was discovered on May 19, 2023, by Japanese amateur astronomer Kōichi Itagaki in ...

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 ...