Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and ...

An international team of researchers under the leadership of Dr Florian Peißker at the University of Cologne’s Institute of Astrophysics has discovered a very young star in its formation phase near ...

Through a reverse image search, Snopes found that the video was first posted online by the TikTok account blacktiph, a fishing account with over 4 million followers. The account posted the video ...

On December 2, 2024, a striking natural occurrence mesmerized onlookers over Wichita, Kansas, as two unique formations known as cavum clouds appeared in the midlevel sky. These fascinating structures ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonians sent pictures and emails to KENS 5 of a rare phenomenon depicting cloud formations known as "hole punch clouds" or fallstreak holes seen Thursday afternoon. These types of ...

MOLINE, Ill — Perhaps one of the strangest appearing things in the sky you'll ever witness, this unique cloud formation comes in different sizes and shapes. It is, however, usually caused by the same ...

Two decades ago, the W. M. Keck Observatory on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii spotted a peculiar cloud-like object — now named X7 — in dangerous proximity to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, ...

The supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A* lies in the middle of the Milky Way. Observations of S2 and other stars also helped astronomers calculate the extraordinary size and mass of ...

A full moon illuminated large holes in the clouds over Alabama, leading some to speculate about an extraterrestrial cause. “Aliens? Nope,” meteorologist Conley Isom said. Photos show large, circular ...

Scientists have detected the heaviest and youngest infant star ever discovered close to the black hole at the center of our Galaxy. They also identified the region where this 'impossible star' may ...