NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

The solar system is projecting with gold but scientists can't quite figure out where all this hard-to-make metal is being created.

Pluto was once the ninth planet of our solar system, until scientists reclassified it in 2006, sparking outrage and debate. But why was Pluto kicked out of the planetary club? The answer lies in a new ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

The Phoenix Cluster's central galaxy is about 5.8 billion light-years away and should be mostly done with star formation. Many galaxy clusters have a region of hot gas in the intracluster medium (ICM) ...

The Liberal-National Party’s costing has assumed that a nuclear reactor built today in Australia would cost $10,000 per kilowatt of capacity and that cost would decline by 1% per annum. The costing ...

After months in space, astronaut Sunita Williams faces her toughest test—Earth's gravity. From weak muscles to balance issues, recovery will take years of rehab and patience.

Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive ...

Silicon Ranch’s 68 MW Houston Solar Project combines solar power with sheep grazing, improving soil health and ecosystem ...