When scientists discovered an enormous black hole thousands of light-years from where it ought to be in space, they knew they ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

Turn your smartphone into a smart telescope with Hestia Ultimate Pack for just $259.99 (MSRP $299) — no batteries, bulky gear ...

A new collage from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals eight dazzling examples of gravitational lensing.

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Twin satellites are part of this GRACE mission. This orbited Earth in tandem to identify subtle gravity changes. As a result ...

From Newton’s falling apple to Einstein’s curved spacetime, our understanding of gravity has come a long way, yet this familiar force remains one of the biggest puzzles in physics.

Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black ...

According to a new Physical Review Letters study, black holes could help solve the dark matter mystery. The shadowy regions ...

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...