Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

Black holes, born from dying stars, are cosmic giants that grow by consuming matter and merging with others. While invisible ...

The University of Innsbruck is coordinating a new FWF special research area on the dark universe, which seeks answers to the ...

R esearchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and it turns out ...

Astronomers watched as a black hole whipped up cosmic winds that shot material into space at 37,280 miles per second (60,000 ...

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of our galaxy might be more suitable for life than others ...

Dark matter is special in that it doesn't emit, absorb or interact with light, so science had to find a more creative way to ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...