The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are made up of fast-moving, magnetized plasma.

Most distant and powerful odd radio circle ever found - a massive double ring that could reveal how black holes and galaxies ...

A new study co-led by the University of Oxford and Google Cloud has shown how general-purpose AI can accurately classify real ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

AUS-based startup, Reflect Orbital, has proposed a groundbreaking plan to provide “sunlight on demand” by using satellites to ...

Astronomers have found the most distant and energetic “odd radio circle” ever detected — a massive double-ringed radio structure nearly 10 billion years old. The discovery, made with the help of ...

Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring ...

The discovery that black hole growth may not be limited to galactic centers could shed light on the role supermassive black ...

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

Dutch astronomer was authority on stellar evolution, and remained in Ireland following move to Armagh in 1970s ...

The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after the Victorian stargazer, who studied the skies for 25 years ...