After a century of observations spanning the breadth of the cosmos and theoretical insights that push humanity's vision of ...

The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

In a groundbreaking study published inNature Astronomy, astronomers have identified the lowest-mass dark object ever discovered through gravitational lensing. This breakthrough provides significant ...

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

Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

With the aid of a multinational network of telescopes, scientists have been able to detect the lowest-mass dark object ever ...

ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are made up of fast-moving, magnetized plasma.

In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors recorded a ...

UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe. Gravitational-wave science ...

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...