Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

With the aid of a multinational network of telescopes, scientists have been able to detect the lowest-mass dark object ever ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...

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.

The low carbon levels are particularly interesting, as previously discovered “pristine” or metal-poor stars generally ...

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...

Explore the universe with multi-messenger astronomy, combining light, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays for a ...

A lot of things are symmetrical – cats, dogs (bilateral symmetry), planets, stars (spherical symmetry), galaxies, pies (radial symmetry) and a lot more, except for the Universe. If you look really ...

In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors recorded a ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

Did stars and galaxies give rise to black holes, or was it the other way around? New research may challenge ideas about how ...

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...