The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

A space telescope and AI teamed up to analyze a million galaxies and learn what triggers supermassive black holes the most.

University of Iowa researchers have discovered a method to "purify" photons, an advance that could make optical quantum ...

A University of Glasgow spinout which creates advanced 3D images of inaccessible structures using cosmic rays has won a national award.

Learn how to draw the Celestial Sphere using Web VPython in Python Physics! This guide will walk you through creating a stunning 3D representation of the night sky, perfect for astronomy enthusiasts ...

Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see ...

New measurements using gravitational lensing suggest the universe’s current expansion rate does not agree with signals from the early cosmos.

For the first time, astronomers have observed ultra-fast winds emerging from a black hole in a distant galaxy, shedding new ...

Scientists at Radboud University say the universe will fade out far sooner than once believed, not in 10¹¹⁰⁰ years, but in roughly 10⁷⁸. Their calculations build on Stephen Hawking’s idea that black ...

A sudden black hole flare unleashed stunning, near light speed winds that echo the Sun’s most powerful eruptions.