Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

The NIAOT in Nanjing was placed on Washington’s entity list in 2023, not long after shipping the finished spectrograph.

After a close look with a powerful radio telescope, astronomers are still puzzled by a pair of objects with strange ...

Astronomers discover a network of cosmic tunnels linking our solar system to distant galaxies, revealing a dynamic and ...

Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

"For such a faint and unknown target, we were not sure if we would get any data at all — but the strategy worked." ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...