"Have you ever flipped through old photo albums and suddenly found something fascinating hidden in the background of a ...

The "needle in the haystack" discovery of a powerful explosion from a mysterious unknown object outside our galaxy has ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

The Sombrero galaxy shines in a new mid-infrared image ... resembles a ghostly hand in a composite image captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory and IXPE. A cluster of young stars forms ...

The "needle in the haystack" discovery of a powerful explosion from a mysterious unknown object outside our galaxy has excited astronomers. It went unnoticed for years within a vast, two decade-long ...

Both images were produced using Chandra and VLT data. The Centaurus Cluster and its supermassive black hole as seen by Chandra and the VLT | Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et al. The blue ...

Scientists discovered something new and have opened the lid on black holes' behaviour. Researchers used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ... with their surroundings. Images taken with the high ...

Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide new evidence that outbursts ... the black holes feasting on gas. The images above show two of the galaxy ...

A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.

Scientists have seen a powerful explosion from a mysterious, unknown object in space. Researchers do not know where the ...

Scientists have unlocked the 3D structure of molecular clouds in the Milky Way’s center, using a groundbreaking X-ray technique. These cosmic clouds, vital for star formation, were illuminated by past ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...