Some galaxies contain double supermassive black holes
Blazars occupy an intriguing spot in the cosmic zoo.
They’re bright active galactic nuclei (AGN) that blast out cosmic rays, are bright in radio emission,...
Young stars similar to our early sun may emit dangerous gamma rays
Do you know that our universe is full of mysterious rays of light that we can't easily see from Earth?
Scientists have just made a...
A new way to measure the universe helps us peek into its past
Have you ever wondered how far away galaxies are from us or how big the universe really is?
Scientists have been working hard to answer...
Astronomers discover a white dwarf star with two different faces!
Astronomers have made an incredible discovery: a star that has two different sides!
Imagine if one side of your face was chocolate, and the other...
Scientists use special radios to search for dark matter’s missing pieces
For a long time, scientists have known that dark matter exists in our universe.
They've seen its effects on other things in space, but they...
Cosmic mystery solved: why some star explosions are extra bright
Last year, scientists discovered a huge burst of light in space that lasted for 50 seconds.
They named it GRB211211A and thought it was caused...
Scientists find two big exoplanets that take a long time to go around their...
Scientists from The University of New Mexico and MIT have found two new planets that take a long time to go around their star.
These...
This newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission
The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter.
Of the more than 5,000 planets known to exist beyond...
How a backyard stargazing party accidentally found a new exploding star
On a casual night in May, Alex Filippenko, a professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley, was showing off star clusters and galaxies at a...
Scientists discover giant ‘clouds’ blocking X-rays in a distant galaxy
Did you know that at the center of big galaxies, there's a massive black hole?
These aren't just any black holes; they're "supermassive."
Some of these...