A decade ago, physicists using twin detectors in Washington State and Louisiana detected gravitational waves—subtle ripples ...

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

Was a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a ...

An Australian team has developed CRACO, an innovative radio system that detects cosmic flashes and pulses of energy in real ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

Astronomers have identified the largest radio jet ever observed in the early universe, spanning 200,000 light-years, using a combination of telescopes including LOFAR and GNIRS.

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

The research team said these rings likely formed when a smaller galaxy shot through the heart of the Bullseye galaxy roughly ...

Scientists spot giant ‘Einstein ring’ nearby in space – by accident - Discovery came as astronomers were checking that new space telescope is working properly ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the largest-scale structure in the known universe — a group of galaxy clusters and clusters of galaxy clusters that spans roughly 1.3 billion light-years ...

The first person to discover that dark matter played an important role in galaxies was astronomer Vera Rubin ... Peking University Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Associate ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.