Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to ...

How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth's atmosphere.

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Scientists hope to probe the nature of general relativity through a possible pulsar found in the center of the Milky Way, ...

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

Astronomers utilizing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a new class of galaxies that defy traditional cosmic categorization. This unexpected discovery, highlighted in a recent ...

Deep inside a nearby galaxy, a black hole sits behind a thick wall of dust. Almost all its light gets trapped.

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

In the very young universe, just a fraction of its current age, astronomers have stumbled on a set of objects that refuse to behave the way galaxies are supposed to. Compact, brilliant and oddly ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), employing its infrared capabilities, offered new insights into the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), revealing previously hidden stars by softening the appearance of its ...

Galaxies are massive, far exceeding the size of the one depicted in the movie “Men in Black.” These celestial bodies span ...

Galaxy dynamics are confronted with one of the deepest problems of modern physics: the dark matter problem. The motions of stars and gas observed exceed what can be explained by the mass visible in ...