Rare ultra-faint dwarf galaxies beyond the influence of other galaxies show evidence that star formation was stifled long ago ...

Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known ...

CNN’s Ben Wedeman dives deep underground in Rome to explore the Aqua Virgo, an ancient aqueduct that continues to supply ...

Supermassive black holes, 1,000 times larger than previously thought, have been discovered in LRD-type galaxies. This discovery could change our understanding of the early universe. Researchers using ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

A mysterious fast radio burst from a dead galaxy challenges theories, hinting at unknown cosmic forces producing powerful ...

Quasars are the most luminous type of active galaxy. They emit light across the electromagnetic spectrum, produce powerful ...

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

"This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter ...

An official statement issued on Wednesday said that this length compares to roughly 10 times the size of the Milky Way’s ...