Astronomers detect largest radio jet in early universe, double the width of the Milky Way, from a quasar formed within ...

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...

Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...

Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...

G alaxy LEDA 1313424 is a beauty. It is 2.5 times the size of the Milky Way and has something no other galaxy has: A series ...

The research team said these rings likely formed when a smaller galaxy shot through the heart of the Bullseye galaxy roughly ...

The University of Connecticut’s planetarium on North Eagleville Road gave students the opportunity to see the stars on Feb. 4. from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in their first weekly event of the spring ...

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking and unprecedented sight in deep space—a galaxy rippling with nine ...