In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the existence of mirror asymmetries in our universe by studying the handedness of the ...

Early data of “little red dots,” or LRDs, from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appeared to suggest the presence of ...

Following in the footsteps of Aristotle and Galileo, NASA scientists look to take the next step in understanding auroras.

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

Explore 5 real images captured by NASA, revealing the mysterious and captivating appearance of black holes, offering a ...

Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...

A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...

NASA’s study uncovers that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by gas and dust, reshaping our understanding of galaxy ...

Using IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists identify hundreds of obscured black holes hidden behind gas and dust.

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...