The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...

The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

Cosmic forensic experts are reconstructing the magnetic field around an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.

Scientists have found a rare Einstein ring in “our cosmic backyard” using images from the Euclid space telescope. The ...

The Euclid space telescope brings the Einstein Ring into view. Check out the accidental discovery and what it looks like ...

Scientists have recorded the largest structure in the known universe, Quipu, which is about 1.3 billion light-years wide.

The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...

Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies has located an asteroid hurtling in our direction and believes it could make ...