An international team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, have identified a new class of cosmic X-ray sources. The findings have been ...

Because NGC 2566 appears tilted from our perspective, its disk takes on an almond shape, giving the galaxy the appearance of a cosmic eye. As NGC 2566 appears to gaze at us, astronomers gaze right ...

What knocked this black hole over onto its side? It's a cosmic "whodunnit." Probing a distant galaxy like a "cosmic crime scene" with the Hubble Space Telescope after a "tip-off" from the Chandra ...

There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra telescopes revealed in a sparkly new image. A prime example is the Christmas wreath-shaped NGC ...

Cepheid variables are an important rung on the cosmic distance ladder, a system astronomers use that builds one observation on another to draw logical conclusions about things much farther away ...

On a recent episode of The Breakdown, Lady Gaga told Rolling Stone that her latest single “Disease” marked the beginning of her forthcoming studio album, known for now as LG7. And while the ...

These outbursts' light output didn't resemble any previous cosmic explosion. Meet the "millinovas," a term that will now undoubtedly make its way into the lexicon of space enthusiasts! In a new ...