Three enormous and peculiar radio light rings were discovered far, far outside our own galaxy, shedding more light on one of ...

A newly discovered odd radio circle in space could serve as a time capsule for the violent events that shape galaxies.

For decades, astronomers have looked to the outer reaches of the cosmos for answers to our most fundamental questions: Where ...

Astronomers have detected a million-solar-mass “blob of darkness” in a distant galaxy, possibly a rare dark matter clump ...

Astronomers have witnessed something that no one believed possible: a black hole ripping apart a star not at the center of a ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

The Milky Way's satellite galaxies are less typical than previously thought. Most Milky Way-like galaxies have star-forming satellite galaxies, unlike our own. The Milky Way's unique satellite galaxy ...

The largest of three newly found ring shaped structures in the cosmos are almost a million light-years across.

October 2025 offers ideal conditions to observe the Andromeda Galaxy. Learn how to locate it, viewing tips and capture ...