In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has presented data that directly challenges our current ...

Webb's high-resolution instruments uncover distant objects, enabling studies of early stars, galaxies, and habitable ...

Our knowledge of physics — gained through astrophysical experiments, or in laboratories via machines such as particle ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

Supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies, and modern telescopes continue to observe them at surprisingly ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

Earth is the only known place where humanity exists — where humanity can exist. It is the only known place where laughter, ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

THE discovery of the red shift in the spectra of distant stellar galaxies revealed the important fact that our universe is in the state of uniform expansion, and raised an interesting question as ...

Earlier this year, researchers using data from Kitt Peak National Observatory found that dark energy evolves with time. A new ...

Astrophysical explosions, encompassing events like supernovae and black hole consumptions, are becoming increasingly ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate -- over 40 times the theoretical ...