Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have proposed a new explanation for some of the universe's ...

Astronomers have used a new method to weigh the ultramassive black hole. They hope this will help them better understand how ...

For decades, astrochemists have been looking for sulfur atoms in space and finding surprisingly little of the element that is ...

It may be the most massive black hole ever found. 36 billion times larger than the mass of our Sun, it was previously hidden ...

It would orbit within Alpha Centauri A’s habitable zone, the starlight-bathed region where liquid water can persist on a ...

An international team of astronomers has identified the earliest black hole ever confirmed, an ancient behemoth that existed ...

Astronomers have identified an ultramassive black hole that could be the largest ever measured, hidden in a distant galaxy ...

The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for ...

The Headlands International Dark Sky Park was recognized by DarkSky International in 2011, making it one of the first 10 ...

A small but growing number of academics are improperly taking credit for articles, citations, and authorships, allowing them ...

Some astronomers think one set of measurements or the other will turn out to be wrong. Others believe that the tension is a hint of deeper problems with the scientific description of the universe, ...

Astronomers have uncovered what may be the most massive black hole ever found, 36 billion times the mass of our Sun, hidden ...