Hubble sees the farthest star in the Universe

A gravity assist helps the 'scope see a star 12.9 billion light-years away.

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

Astronomers find the first rogue black hole wandering the Milky Way!

If confirmed, it's the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ever found.

By Phil Plait 3 months ago

Galactic death: Some galaxies hit the gas, live fast, and die young

By Phil Plait 7 months ago

The Molten Ring Galaxy is blasting out a trillion suns worth of infrared radiation

By Phil Plait 8 months ago

Space warp puts a supernova on cosmic repeat

By Phil Plait 8 months ago

Hubble spies a quintuple quasar… except it's a cosmic mirage

By Phil Plait 8 months ago

Magnificent Hubble image of a cluster warping space and stripping gas

By Phil Plait 10 months ago

The birth of a little black hole may have revealed a much bigger black hole

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

A billion galaxies lurk in a 10 trillion pixel map of the sky

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

This is the closest we’ve ever gotten to seeing dark matter

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago