Messier 110 (NGC 205) is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy. It's a dwarf elliptical galaxy, a common type of…
In 2017, LIGO (Laser-Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) and Virgo detected gravitational waves coming from the merger of two neutron stars.…
Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope have discovered water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet in its star's habitable zone.…
It’s amazing to think there are telescopes up in space, right now, directing their gaze at distant objects for hours,…
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Tokyo used ALMA to view 39 previously-undiscovered ancient galaxies.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently observed a bright disk around a black hole that defies…
7500 light years away is an object that (almost) needs no introduction: Eta Carinae. If you haven't heard of it…
Scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope have found a very complex molecule out there in space. Called Buckyballs, after…
The Hubble Space Telescope has given us a beautiful image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7773. This is a…
The James Webb Space Telescope recently completed vacuum chamber testing, and is good to go for its 2021 launch date!