Astronomers have just caught the brightest fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, and it has been given a nickname worthy of ...

On March 16, 2025, CHIME detected an ultrabright flash of radio emissions, which automatically triggered the CHIME Outriggers ...

Discover a complete Einstein ring, the first strong gravitational lens, which allows us to refine nearby stellar mass and ...

Scientists were surprised when they found a little dot nestled near a nearby galaxy turned out to be something bright, ...

The galaxy the supernova can be found near the Big Dipper. Look for seven stars that appear to make up the shape of a saucepan, with three making up the handle, and four stars creating the bowl shape.

Data from 4,621 galaxies are now publicly available as part of the 15th SDSS data release (the third data release for SDSS-IV). “This data release is a major milestone for us,” Bundy said.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have conducted spectroscopic observations of a high-redshift galaxy ...

A magnetar in galaxy M82 recently sent a huge burst of gamma rays and other radiation blasting out into space. Magnetars are the burned-out, collapsed cores of massive stars, wrapped in the ...

If you thought the Milky Way was grandiose in size, Quipu takes center stage right away. Quipu is the nickname for an immense ...

The unusual galaxy, called NGC 4625, is a remarkable find because it is relatively nearby. Until now, astronomers had thought that this kind of youthful glow in galaxies was a thing of the past.

It was studied along with other galaxies like the nearby NGC 3109, shown above, to learn how galaxies form, as part of a project called The VLT Survey Telescope Survey of Mass Assembly and ...

Back to Article List Nearby galaxy boasts two monster black holes Markarian 739 is only the second identified galaxy with binary active galactic nuclei within half a billion light-years.