Of all the planets, only Venus rotates in the ... giving rise to its nicknames of the “Black Eye” or “Evil Eye” galaxy. Fine details of the dark band are revealed in this image of the ...

It made its closest approach to Earth on July 20 when it came within 176 million miles (283 million kilometers) of our planet ... a spiral galaxy, known as Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy.

In the vast expanse of the cosmos, a stunning spectacle awaits stargazers and space enthusiasts alike - the enigmatic Messier 64, also known as the Black Eye Galaxy or the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy.

The monster black hole at the center of our galaxy is shooting out “spitballs” the size of planets—and one may ... finding them a task for infrared eyes. And even then, they wouldn’t ...

A supermassive black hole ... own Milky Way Galaxy is set to merge with our neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, within the next few billion years. Now, when this happens, the planets and stars of ...

A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. The stream of gas stretching to the right is what remains of a star that was pulled apart by the black hole. A cloud of hot ...

“Gravitational microlensing enables us to study a variety of objects with masses ranging from that of exoplanets to black ... that our galaxy is home to 20 times more rogue planets than stars ...