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The 'Eye of Sauron' phenomena is an extremely powerful cosmic jet. A stream of plasma and energy emitted from celestial ...

A stunning new image of a cosmic jet has helped astronomers unlock the mystery behind the unusually bright emission of high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos from a peculiar celestial object. The source ...

Astronomers report that the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ( ALMA) has discovered traces of oxygen in the very ...

Astronomers searching for some of the universe’s first galaxies have uncovered a surprising case of mistaken identity.

If you ever wondered what would happen if you were to throw a black hole at a star, well astronomers now have an answer: it ...

Using AI, astronomers discover a new type of supernova, SN 2023zkd, the strongest evidence yet of a dying star being ...

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is ...

This deep-space object, known as PKS 1424+240 is a type of active galaxy powered by a supermassive black hole, and it may ...

By Dean Murray Space scientists have discovered "cosmic grapes" that could change the understanding of how galaxies are ...