Arizona's dark skies are a haven for astronomers and photographers. Some communities are fighting to keep them that way.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope provided an unprecedented view of events surrounding our galaxy's central black hole. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and Elon Musk target U.S. civil service for ...

A breathtaking new image of the RCW 38 star cluster showcases a cosmic nursery bursting with color, light, and energy.

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

The night sky show for February is not finished. Starting on Friday, Feb. 14 – Sunday, Feb. 16 Venus will outshine everything ...

Sometimes, Puckett catches a stroke of luck and has a chance to capture multiple rare phenomena at once. In October 2024, he ...

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 ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

It seemed that these redshifted galaxies were all moving away from the Milky Way. Hubble’s results suggested the farther away a galaxy was, the faster it was moving away from Earth. Hubble got ...

Full Snow Moon Photos! 🌕 Night sky tonight! "Flares are expected to happen in essentially all supermassive black holes, but our black hole is unique." ...

A mysterious, one-off flash of energy from an unknown object outside the Milky Way has left astronomers puzzled. The research ...

Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, a finding researchers said could reveal details about how ...