Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

Astronomers have spotted the brightest known object in the universe, and it’s a quasar powered by the fastest-growing black hole on record, according to a new study. Initially classified as a star, ...

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

Scientists may have glimpsed some of the oldest material in the universe. According to a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study, researchers found an unidentified object nearly 13.5 billion light years ...

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe — and its size has them fascinated.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a ...

Scientists using a global array of radio telescopes have detected the universe’s lowest-mass dark object by observing how it ...

You’d assume that the brightest object in the known universe would be a pretty easy thing to discover, but astronomers have only just spotted it. This overlooked show-off is a supermassive black hole ...