The most recent CSC update adds more than 400,000 unique compact and extended X-ray sources, as well over 1.3 million ...

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

This galactic collision might be more impactful than you think.

In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have investigated three open clusters in the galactic disk, namely Berkeley 17, 18 ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory catalog provides over 400,000 sources and detailed X-ray mapping of the Milky Way center, ...

"It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures ...

The Wright County Board of Commissioners proclaimed Jan. 20 Malorie Thorson Princess Kay of the Milky Way Day in Wright ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black hole at the very center. NASA's ...

The next full moon, known as the Snow Moon, is set to rise over Illinois on February 1. Here's how to catch a glimpse.