Learn about the Great Attractor, a region of the universe that is constantly pulling the Milky Way and thousands of other ...
New maps around Sagittarius A* revealed a big clue.
Understanding the nature of our cosmos requires an accurate map of how galaxies are spread throughout it. For decades, ...
After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered evidence of powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A* (Sgr ...
The Milky Way’s central black hole has long posed an awkward problem. By every standard picture of how black holes behave, ...
Unusual stellar remnants suggest the Milky Way might have eaten a galaxy called Loki billions of years ago, according to new ...
New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite galaxies—up to 100 more than we currently know. These elusive "orphan" galaxies have ...
The hunt is over. After more than 50 years of searching, astrophysicists at Northwestern University have finally discovered ...
This snapshot is just a small part of one of the most comprehensive and spectacular views yet of the universe — a web-like structure formed by millions of galaxies, stretching back to near the dawn of ...
When we think about orbits, we usually picture the Earth zooming around the sun. But does the sun just sit there? Or is it on its own journey? I asked my friend Guy Worthey. He’s a space scientist at ...
In space, the gravitational pull of massive objects is irresistible to smaller ones. Moons are locked in orbit around planets. Planets, asteroids and comets orbit more massive stars, and stars collect ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...