gravitational lensing 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 Load More
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
The Molten Ring Galaxy is blasting out a trillion suns worth of infrared radiation By Phil Plait 8 months ago