Centaurus A, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus. Image: ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray) There are plenty of awesome objects ...

instrument on the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope. For this, the VLT was pointed for more than 100 hours under optimal observing conditions at the Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) and obtained similar to ...

"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole." Without a doubt, since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has ...

The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, details some 800,000 galaxies across a vast cosmic distance. Scrolling and zooming in can take users some 13.5 ...

It has been 10 years since the discovery of gravitational waves, which were eventually traced back to a merger of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago.

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters remained largely incomplete. Our telescopes simply haven't been sensitive enough ...

COLLEGE PARK, MD — An article published in the latest issue of the Astrophysical Journal lends strong support for a controversial theory that rejects the cold dark matter hypothesis central to what ...

The small but ubiquitous proton serves as a foundation for the bulk of the visible matter in the universe. It abides at the ...

Sometimes, a picture can be worth much more than a thousand words. For instance, one measure associated with the pictures below—new high-definition snapshots of the cosmos in its infancy—is 1,900 ...

Update: NASA is now targeting a launch for Friday, March 7. Find the latest information on the mission here. How did the universe begin? How do planets form and galaxies develop? Could life exist ...