An international team of astronomers using NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding ...

New measurements of the galaxy at the heart of the “Cosmic Horseshoe” indicate that it could house the most massive object ...

Violent black hole collisions may create black hole 'morsels' no larger than an asteroid — and these bizarre objects could ...

A new theoretical study by University of Virginia astrophysicist Jonathan Tan, a research professor with the College and ...

Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have zoomed in on a 'Little Red Dot' that existed just 500 million years after the ...

A visionary plan proposes sending a paperclip-sized spacecraft, powered by Earth-based lasers, to a nearby black hole within ...

Sheffield Council is to freeze recruitment for six months as it grapples with a budget gap of more than £28m. The authority ...

About 5 billion light-years away from where you're sitting, in one of the most massive galaxies on record, there exists an ...

A team of astronomers says it has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed — a cosmic heavyweight that formed ...

Astronomers spotted the ultramassive black hole inside the Cosmic Horseshoe, an equally gargantuan galaxy so powerful that it ...

Astronomers have discovered the oldest and most distant black hole — a behemoth that likely formed at the dawn of the ...

An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...