The brightness peak of the ring around M87’s supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This...
Although dark matter makes up about 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly. Now, in...
For the first time, high-resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are offering powerful insights into the complex...
For humans, the chance of giving birth to multiples is less than 2%. The situation is different with stars, especially...
A global team of astronomers have created the most sensitive radio image ever of a globular cluster, an ancient ball...
Astronomers have discovered that the supermassive black holes in the centers of early galaxies are much more massive than expected....
Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact...
Astronomers have made the rare discovery of a small, cold exoplanet and its massive outer companion—shedding light on the formation...
In a system with two known planets, astronomers spotted something new: A small object transiting across the sun-sized star. This...
A team of astronomers including those from the University of Tokyo have created the first-ever map of magnetic field structures...
Astronomers have completed the largest and most detailed study of what triggers stars to form in the universe’s biggest galaxies,...
Astronomers analyzing 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found an unexpected and as yet unexplained...