Astronomers have created the largest and most detailed 3D map yet of a glowing signal from the early universe, revealing hidden galaxies and gas from 9-11 billion years ago. By analyzing faint ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

Astronomers are working to capture the first-ever video of a black hole — a groundbreaking effort that could shed light on how these enigmatic cosmic objects behave and offer clues about the origins ...

Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope study faint brown dwarfs in the RCW 36 nebula to understand substellar populations and the initial mass function in a young massive cluster.

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope discovered a hydroxyl megamaser in a galactic merger 8 billion light-years away, amplified by gravitational lensing and operating at radio wavelengths.

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a potentially habitable exoplanet GJ 887 d near one of the stars closest to the ...

A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion ...

A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...

When Ukrainian forces retook the site of the Braude Radio Astronomy Observatory in September 2022 after forcing a Russian ...