Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Today, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t always the case. During its infancy, the universe was…

This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are close enough that they could be…

Researchers are diving into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real one. Using supercomputers at the U.S.…

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun’s mass to tens of billions. Now a group…

Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on…

Astronomers have discovered enormous circular radio features of unknown origin around some galaxies. Now, new observations of one dubbed the…