Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...

A newly discovered neutron star is behaving so strangely that it may alter our understanding of the dense remains left behind ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...

Using the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), an international team of astronomers have performed deep optical ...

Astronomers have been confounded by recent evidence that the universe expanded at different rates throughout its life. New ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...

Astronomers from the University of Sydney found a brand new type of neutron star that moves as slowly as a sloth!