A space mission turned its X-ray vision on the Andromeda galaxy and spotted 40 X-ray binaries, exotic objects thought to … More

“Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies. The misfit becomes the average. … More

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Astronomers are finding dozens of the fastest stars in our galaxy with the help of images from NASA’s Spitzer Space … More

The National Geographic Channel’s "Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes" will premiere Jan. 25, three days before the 30th anniversary of the … More

A black hole relatively close to the Milky Way — a mere 26 million light-years from earth — has shown … More

An astrophysicist has discovered something even rarer than a double-black hole galaxy: a skinny black hole. from Astronomy News – … More

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle disaster, National Geographic Channel has compiled footage from several outlets about … More