Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way has long looked quiet, a dim and seemingly dormant presence ...

Astronomers describe the discovery of the largest-known stream of super-heated gas in the universe ejecting from a nearby ...

This understanding changed when Dikerby and his team pointed XRISM toward a large gas cloud near the galactic center.

The Space Age framed nuclear propulsion as a quiet rethinking of movement, distance, and endurance beyond Earth.

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

Benita Albert brings us part two of the two-part series on the career of Bob Benjamin. His career interest in astronomy began soon after graduating from Oak Ridge High School. You will find it ...

It was only earlier this month that American space agency NASA announced it had completed construction work on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and now we're already getting word of another ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to conduct the Galactic Plane Survey to map the Milky Way’s structure and examine star formation across the galaxy. The survey, Roman’s first ...

A team of astrophysicists has breathed new life into the debate over the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the heart of the Milky Way. Credit: SciTechDaily.com New simulations suggest dark matter could ...

At the center of our galaxy, there’s a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful radiation usually emitted by high-energy objects such as rapidly rotating or exploding stars. NASA’s ...