Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...
Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...
MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
A newly discovered neutron star is behaving so strangely that it may alter our understanding of the dense remains left behind ...
The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...
In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again ...
Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...
Astronomers have been monitoring the black hole for years, primarily since 2018 when the mass was observed changing its properties with a major X-ray outburst. Between 2022 and 2024, astronomers ...