Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

The quasar in question is called J1601+3102. Its light comes to us from 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. Quasars can ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero Galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the ...

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and managed by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. It’s a precursor to ...

Galaxy LEDA 1313424 is a beauty. It is 2.5 times the size of the Milky Way and has something no other galaxy has: A series of concentric rings, nine to be exact. This is more than other known galaxies ...

Galaxies are among the most breathtaking structures in the universe, ranging from elegant spirals to massive elliptical ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too ...

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