Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

Using IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists identify hundreds of obscured black holes hidden behind gas and dust.

The latest one in this class is even more puzzling. It has been dubbed Inkathazo, and it is truly massive, with cosmic jets spanning 3.3 million light-years from one end to the other. That’s ...

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NASA’s study uncovers that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by gas and dust, reshaping our understanding of galaxy ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany have now created the sharpest ...

“Space Age Restaurant” it proclaims in a font that would make any sci-fi aficionado weak in the knees. It’s like the love ...

It’s divided into sections with names like “Lunar Lunch” and “Extraterrestrial Dinner,” because why settle for boring old ...