While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Very Large Telescope observations of the galaxy revealed that there was likely a “sudden awakening of the massive black hole at its core,” according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit; ...

Science An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black ...

A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

The United Nations has activated its Planetary Security Protocol for the first time in history. The catalyst for this ...

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Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...