Astronomers from Germany, Austria and the European Southern Observatory in Chile have spotted a protostar that is already on the order of 20 solar masses and is showing no signs of finishing its meal.

The Milky Way's black hole may spring to life in 2013: Astronomers have spotted a cloud of gas with three times the mass of the Earth on a near-collision course with the Milky Way's central black hole.

Astronomers first spotted 2002 NT7 on July 9.

Astronomers have spotted a sun-like star with possible planet formation 137 light years away.

Astronomers have spotted a "dwarf" galaxy some 10 billion light-years away which may be made mostly of the mysterious material called dark matter.

Astronomers can spot galaxies from this early period using a phenomenon known as "red shift."

Astronomers have spotted what they believe is the biggest, brightest star they have ever seen - and indeed bigger than can be explained by the usual theories of how stars form.

Astronomers have spotted a cloud of gas with a mass about three times that of Earth that's on a trajectory that will have it pass close to Sgr A* in 2013.

Astronomers have not spotted many of these stellar interlopers before because they are hard to find.