Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

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Scientists propose searching for primordial black holes in ancient rocks and hollow planets, offering new way to solve dark ...

A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...

It’s divided into sections with names like “Lunar Lunch” and “Extraterrestrial Dinner,” because why settle for boring old ...

“Space Age Restaurant” it proclaims in a font that would make any sci-fi aficionado weak in the knees. It’s like the love ...

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

Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.