Somewhere in the distant universe, light from a quasar bends around a galaxy and reveals a dark clump so compact it should ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

LAS VEGAS -- September 6, 2024 -- The origins of aptly named supermassive black holes – which can weigh in at more than a million times the mass of the sun and reside in the center of most galaxies – ...

A team of scientists using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the Netherlands has observed radio waves that carry the distinct signatures of aurorae, caused by the interaction between ...

A new AI-powered method is changing how scientists measure the universe. Developed by researchers at the Flatiron Institute and their partners, this technique offers a far more accurate way to ...

An international group of astronomers led by Texas Tech University assistant professor Elias Aydi published a paper titled, “Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae, ...

A new study by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics suggests that small dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way could host ...