Phoenix A* isn't just big; its existence is a cosmic puzzle. How did a 100-billion-solar-mass black hole form in a ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

A team of researchers at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) has created a new simulation of early galaxy formation. The simulation allows us to get a fascinating, albeit brief ...

Astornmers have found the coldest spot in the universe. Where it's located came as a surprise. Experts watch this frost zone very closely now.

Twinkling like cosmic lighthouses on a shore 13 billion light-years from Earth, quasars are some of the oldest, brightest relics of the early universe that astronomers can detect today. Short for ...

India’s scientific community has quietly handed the world one of its most intriguing puzzles: a massive, elegantly structured ...

One of astronomy's biggest puzzles may have been solved by a new theory that suggests the universe may rotate at an extremely slow rate. Current models suggest the universe is expanding evenly in all ...

We can explain an enormous amount about our Universe with our prevailing theories. But other mysteries, like dark matter, dark energy, the matter-antimatter asymmetry, and the hierarchy problem remain ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Spinning Puzzle Compare the Universe Let's learn about space in a fun way with a quiz that rotates images! By comparing photos, you can get to know the ...

The rate of star formation in the universe has dropped to just 3 percent of its long-ago peak, and there's no end in sight to the decline, a new study finds. A team of astronomers has determined that ...