Of all the constellations visible throughout the year over Pottsville, Virgo the Virgin is the second largest. The only problem is that it is also one of the faintest. With a lot of visual effort, ...

Of all the constellations we see through the year, Virgo the Virgin is the second-largest. The only problem is that it’s also one of the faintest. With a lot of visual digging, Virgo can be found in ...

Artist's impression of the accretion disc around the massive black hole Ansky and its interaction with a small celestial object. Credit: European Space Agency A massive black hole at the heart of a ...

Astronomers previously had little reason to pay any attention to galaxy SDSS1335+0728, which is 300 million light years from Earth. But in 2019, the galaxy suddenly started shining with a brightness ...

It is fully dark by 8:30 p.m., and now is a good time to enjoy the constellation of Virgo the Virgin. Look toward the southeast around 9 p.m. to find Spica, the brightest star in Virgo 30 degrees ...

PARIS, France — A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said ...