The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth's most enduring habitats for life.
A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Messier 88 (M88) galaxy, also known as NGC 4501, in all of its swirling glory.
Using just a pen and paper, a team of scientists has calculated how space and time could crystallize to form tiny black holes.
Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting out winds at record-breaking speeds for such an outflow seen in ultraviolet light, traveling at 30% the speed of light.
Above a certain threshold, galaxies stop growing , no matter how much raw material they have on hand. The question is: what flips the switch?
Scientists have proposed a spacecraft-based system to actively strengthen Earth's magnetic shield and reduce the impact of powerful solar storms.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, and with a little help from Einstein, astronomers have "weighed" a sleeping giant, a dormant supermassive black hole located a staggering 10 billion light-years away.
"From orbit, volcanoes are some of the most beautiful natural sights."
The Magellanic Clouds are a pair of dwarf galaxies passing the Milky Way probably for the first time, but as they move they have been interacting with each other for billions of years.
After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.
