#astronomy / Page 3

Constellation of Cancer is not easy to locate but reward is the star cluster M44 at its centre ...

Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint "Lyman-alpha" light emitted by energized hydrogen, ...

Astronomers are working to capture the first-ever video of a black hole -- a groundbreaking effort that could shed light on how these enigmatic cosmic objects behave and offer clues about the origins of our universe.

New research reveals that when NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September ...

The binary asteroid's orbit around the Sun was affected by the impact.

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a gigantic, flat sheet of matter surrounded by huge empty ...

A quadruple star system known as TIC 120362137 is the most compact of its kind discovered in the universe. Four stars are trapped in an extremely tight dance that fits snuggly within the distance between our sun and Jupiter, which is a rather little ...

The galaxy could be an example of a hypothetical "dark galaxy" that astronomers have been searching for for decades.