The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Telescope have discovered an "exhaust vent attached to a “chimney” of hot gas blowing ...

What made the pulses puzzling to the astronomers was that they came in the form of both radio waves and X-rays. The discovery marks the first time that such objects, called long-period transients, ...

People will be able to catch a glimpse of the Milky Way galaxy this weekend The Milky Way will be viewable with the naked eye, but telescopes always help The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc ...

How Will Roman Map the Interstellar Medium? Why is it difficult to see through the galaxy? Starlight is blocked by dust ...

From active meteor showers to the best Milky Way viewing, and a recently launched telescope that will unlock new views of outer space, July will bring a plethora of astronomical events and sights.

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

Mapping the Universe’s vast structure no longer requires endless supercomputer time. Effort.jl brings cosmic modeling to laptops without sacrificing accuracy.

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy.An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely ...

Webb Telescope finds unusual 'little red dots' in deep space. Research suggests these may be 'black hole stars,' not traditional galaxies.

Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...