After a century of observations spanning the breadth of the cosmos and theoretical insights that push humanity's vision of ...

In a groundbreaking study published inNature Astronomy, astronomers have identified the lowest-mass dark object ever ...

The story begins with the black hole information paradox. According to relativity, anything that falls into a black hole is ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...

Explore the universe with multi-messenger astronomy, combining light, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays for a ...

ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are made up of fast-moving, magnetized plasma.

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we ...

In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors recorded a ...

UC Riverside has developed a technology that enables scientists to peer deeper into the universe. Gravitational-wave science ...

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...