The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

In a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journalletters, scientists confirmed something both exhilarating and ...

Configurations like these, known as Einstein crosses, typically consist of four distinct points of light. This particular ...

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Astronomers at Penn State have nicknamed the objects “universe breakers,” which may be unusual black hole atmospheres and ...

Modern cosmology reveals a universe expanding uniformly without a spatial center or edge. The Big Bang wasn't a localized ...

For scientists, learning more about how black holes behave is essential to understanding how the universe works. A recent ...

Astronomers detect a fast radio burst from 10 billion years ago, FRB 20240304B, revealing clues about the early universe.

A new emulator is tackling the near-impossible task of mapping the universe's large-scale structure without sacrificing ...

Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet ...