If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes,...
When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star’s...
Researchers at McGill University and collaborating institutions have mapped the atmospheric features of a planetary-mass brown dwarf, a type of...
In 2023, astronomers detected a huge collision. Two unprecedentedly massive black holes had crashed an estimated 7 billion light-years away....
As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful...
In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because...
A research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used the Tianma Radio...
An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar system TOI-2267...
A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy...
Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how...
Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between gravity and...
The discovery of a large population of compact, red objects, now widely known as Little Red Dots (LRDs) is one...
