It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has upended expectations again, revealing a massive spiral galaxy in the universe’s infancy ...

New research suggests holographic dark energy could stop the universe's expansion. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers ...

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Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day. The ...

Image: When a large nearby object, such as a galaxy, blocks a distant object, such as another galaxy, the light can detour around the blockage. But instead of taking a single path, light can bend ...

Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of the oldest black hole ever seen, a 13-billion-year-old object that's actually "eating" its host galaxy to death. Astronomers made the discovery with ...