For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all ...

Astronomers have found the most luminous object in the known universe, hiding in plain sight. Quasars are the brightest objects in the cosmos. So bright, in fact, that when they were first spotted in ...

Astronomers realized that a strange cloud of gas was actually a relic of the ancient universe which might help solve some of ...

An international research team led by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University has discovered an extraordinary ...

"Stars like the sun don’t just stop shining for no reason." ...

Astronomers have spotted the brightest known object in the universe, and it’s a quasar powered by the fastest-growing black hole on record, according to a new study. Initially classified as a star, ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object." ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of object that is a starless cloud that failed to form as a galaxy. Here's what to know about Cloud-9.

It started with a hunch. Or more accurately, a glow. Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope were combing through the deep sky, same as they’ve done dozens of times, when something odd lit ...

Dark matter is believed to make up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, but what it actually is remains a mystery. Now, astronomers have found something that gives us a major clue. This ...