A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it "Inkathazo," or ...

Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...

When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe.

An unidentified interstellar object, possibly eight times Jupiter’s mass, may have disrupted the solar system’s planets.

What exists at the core of a black hole? A research team led by Enrico Rinaldi, a physicist at the University of Michigan, ...

For optical astronomy, the space station will be accompanied by the Xuntian telescope, which can be translated to “survey the ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how black holes sustain themselves by cooling surrounding gas and creating a self-feeding cycle. Discover the role of jets, gas filaments, and the latest ...

Jan. 16, 2025 — 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now ...

MeerKAT’s newest giant radio galaxy find is extraordinary: the plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light years.