Located only 56 million light-years away in Ursa Major, NGC 4102 gives astronomers a nearby target to study how these active ...
A comet older than our Solar System is within backyard astronomers’ reach. Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor discovered in July 2025 by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey in Chile, has emerged ...
Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...
An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...
The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...
The most massive stars in the universe are destined to explode as brilliant supernova before collapsing into black holes. Yet ...
James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...
Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.
Astronomers have detected new and unexpected changes in Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to pass ...