In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing—the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will ...

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 ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, ...

In recent years, the detection of rogue objects exiting our solar system has captivated the scientific community and the ...

'Glitching' in this context refers to launching a rock with an extremely specific set of initial conditions precisely calculated to destroy the outer dynamic system(s). The word is borrowed from video ...

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

While radio waves are the method of choice when searching for signals of intelligent alien life, other detectable signs also ...

A century ago, the Milky Way galaxy was the entirety of the known universe. We had no idea what made the stars shine, and only one star — our own sun — was known to harbor any planets. Of those ...

Astronomers have identified the oldest known spiral galaxy in the universe, which was formed around 12.4 billion years ago, after rediscovering a fuzzy, forgotten photo taken by the Atacama Large ...

In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing — the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy ...