finding a curious "interstellar tunnel" towards the constellation of Centaurus. The "tunnel" potentially connects our own ...

For decades, scientists have marveled at the Local Hot Bubble—a vast, low-density region stretching roughly 1,000 light-years ...

Both of these clusters of galaxy clusters lie close to the constellation Centaurus, which our own Galaxy — as well as our neighbours — is speeding towards. This conglomeration of matter is ...

I am a Junior studying astrophysics, and I crochet, powerlift, and read in my free time. My favorite part of astrophysics is discovering new things every day, and my favorite constellation is ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Astronomers spotted an exoplanet, called HD 131399Ab, in the constellation Centaurus that has three suns. Two of the suns spin around each other like a top while ...

February's full moon is next in line, and it comes with a meteor shower, too. Here's what to know about both sky events and ...

The tip of CG12 is also known as NGC 5367 in the Centaurus constellation. This region is easier to see as a “reflection nebula” as the light of the bright stars scatters off of the enveloping ...

It’s the sixth-brightest of all the constellations. It contains five of the 100 brightest stars. Only Ursa Major, with six Orion and Scorpius, with seven each, and Centaurus, which has eight ...