A “state-of-the-art planetarium theater” is set to open this month in Charleston. The Charleston Planetarium will open in mid ...

Astronomers have been monitoring the black hole for years, primarily since 2018 when the mass was observed changing its properties with a major X-ray outburst. Between 2022 and 2024, astronomers ...

A supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust as seen in infrared light (top left), visible light (top right), and low- and high-energy X-rays (bottom left, right). Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Then, astronomers watched as the so-called X-ray corona of high-energy particles close in to the black hole vanished — only to slowly reform over time. The most likely cause of this strange ...

But in recent years, astronomers have begun to find compact objects that emit pulses of radio waves at a much slower rate. This has baffled scientists, who had thought that radio wave flashes ...

Of all the mysteries that the massive James Webb Space Telescope has seen so far in the early universe, one of the strangest are objects that astronomers now call "little red dots." Like the ...

For stargazers and wildlife watchers, monoculars can be an effective alternative to telescopes or binoculars. Here's how they work. Want to bring the cosmos closer without breaking the bank or ...

But if astronomers determine a white dwarf is indeed causing the pulses, it could make the site more desirable for LISA to observe. “Everyone really wants to see a white dwarf get eaten by a ...

Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the ...

A new planetarium theater will give students, Charleston locals and tourists alike an out-of-this-world experience at Citadel ...

The crystal-clear images show light being ... In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one ...