These jets become elusive the farther back in time astronomers try to look because of the so-called cosmic microwave background. The ancient radiation, the earliest fossil of light from 380,000 years ...

At double the width of our Milky Way galaxy, this jet of radio waves is the biggest ever detected so early in the universe's ...

A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing ...

The jet of radio waves is the biggest ever detected so early in the history of the universe, astronomers reported.

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

Diplomatic Courier editor Jeremy Fugleberg brings you three under–the–radar stories from the Hinterlands: scientists search ...