Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for ...

Astronomers generally assume that active galaxies may shift and flicker, since their central supermassive black holes tend to ...

Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

Astronomers have spotted the biggest flare ever seen erupting around a black hole, which also happens to be the most distant ...

Astronomers have spotted the largest and most distant flare ever observed from a supermassive black hole. Nicknamed ...

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated "cosmic fireballs" here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The ...

A medieval Maya text for predicting solar eclipses has confused Western readers for centuries, but a pair of researchers may ...

At its peak, 'Superman' was 30 times more luminous than any previously recorded black hole flare. The black hole involved is estimated to be 500 million times more massive than the Sun, while the ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and ...