For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is a previously undiscovered and currently unknown astrophysical anomaly, discovered in the Hubble Space Telescope’s archive ...

The cloud-9 astronomical object with radio data shown in diffused magenta - NASA, ESA, VLA, Gagandeep Anand (STScI), Alejandro Benitez-Llambay (University of Milano-Bicocca); Image Processing: Joseph ...

So much is happening in astronomy these days that it’s hard to keep track of the cosmic zoo, much less how each object fits into the overall celestial landscape. Scientists typically organize their ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of astronomical object, calling the strange entity a 'window into the dark universe'. The object known as Cloud-9 is a completely starless, gas-rich cloud of dark ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory spotted the X-ray emissions by chance last year while focusing on a supernova remnant, or the remains of an exploded star. Wang said it was the first time X-rays had ...

Doug Cowen receives funding from the National Science Foundation. About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these “relic” neutrinos ...