Humans have been in space onboard the ISS continuously for 25 years. As the station nears its end, new commercial habitats ...

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers ...

If it is a galaxy, it would be the oldest known galaxy in the cosmos, but it could also be a brown dwarf or an early black ...

To be completely fair, Goddard’s footprint did need modernization. The campus master plan—begun years ago—imagined a 20-year cycle of demolitions, renovations, and new builds. The idea: retire the ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a supermassive black hole.

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...

"Star Trek" mainstay Lieutenant Uhura wasn't the only role Nichelle Nichols played in her long career - she was also a member of Spider-Man's rogues gallery.

Soaring to the depths of our universe, gallant spacecraft roam the cosmos, snapping images of celestial wonders. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturing radio emissions. When scientists ...

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

How could the principle of "radical mundanity" proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven't found evidence ...

Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an ...

Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.