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The rarest black holes in the universe may be 'wandering' our galaxy
Dozens of 'wandering' black holes could be tumbling through our galaxy right now, new simulations hint. Their existence could help solve a longstanding cosmic puzzle.
May's best stargazing week has begun. Here's what to see.
This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an upside-down bear to some of the oldest stars in the universe.
Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever
The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Milky Way will be visible across the US this month. Here's how to get the best views.
For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and where to look.
Space photo of the week: Bizarre 1-armed spiral galaxy stuns Hubble scientists
Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away. Remarkably, the spiral galaxy has only one visible arm.
Did astronomers just discover the smallest galaxy in the universe?
A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever seen.
Ancient Egyptians drew the Milky Way on coffins and tombs, linking them to sky goddess, study finds
A new study links the Egyptian goddess Nut with the Milky Way galaxy.
Extreme 'zombie star' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from
Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This unusually fast speed hints that it was not born as expected, which could help explain the puzzling origin of some fast radio bursts.
The James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star
Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest something very different, but equally rare, may have happened instead.
