Why it matters: University of Utah astronomers have used Hubble's images to find new (ish) black holes. How it works: When it ...

Data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope has revealed spider pulsars, which are a group of dead stars, in globular cluster Omega ...

Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, finally be resolved? Omega Centauri is a massive star cluster with ...

There’s real joy in sharing a telescope with others and observing in a crowd. Here's how you can find a star party near you ...

Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three objects or events you can see in the sky.

The discovery of an intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri was once celebrated but now questioned, reigniting the search for these rare cosmic phenomena. Reanalysis of Hubble Space ...

And in the Southern Hemisphere, you can use one of the best telescopes for deep space to view globular star cluster Omega Centauri. Don't forget the new moon on April 27, either. Most of these ...