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 ...

Astronomers discover a low-mass dark object through gravitational lensing and multiple radiotelescopes across Earth.

UW-Milwaukee physics and astronomy assistant professor Lia Medeiros explains gravitational waves and the role UWM played in discovering them.

A compilation of various images from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the effects of gravitational lensing caused by dark ...

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

Let's turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don't have to do any work—we just have to be in the right spot. But how can the sun be a telescope? The sun is not a mirror, but it is a lens. And we ...

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.

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

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.