A mysterious object with a mass equivalent to 1 million suns has been detected in space, but its nature remains unknown.

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

The dark object has a mass a million times greater than our sun's is located 10 billion light-years away and has no stars.

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Using CO (J=1–0) molecular line data obtained from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain ...

Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

A new study co-led by the University of Oxford and Google Cloud has shown how general-purpose AI can accurately classify real changes in the night sky—such as an exploding star, a black hole tearing ...

A full moon is slated for Sept. 7, but there are other celestial events occurring this month. More on viewing Saturn at its ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

A series of observations between 2017 and 2021 suggest the supermassive structure’s magnetized plasma is more dynamic than ...

Greenwich's Royal Observatory is improving access to its buildings and creating new educational and events spaces in a £77m ...

The smart telescope revolution continues to grow, with ZWO as one of the leading innovators. Last year, the company ...