Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for ...

Zhang said that, technically, comet 3I/ATLAS has only appeared to "change color" a single time  —  when its coma became ...

Astronomers generally assume that active galaxies may shift and flicker, since their central supermassive black holes tend to ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

At its peak, 'Superman' was 30 times more luminous than any previously recorded black hole flare. The black hole involved is estimated to be 500 million times more massive than the Sun, while the ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search ...

Using data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter ...

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated "cosmic fireballs" here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and ...