A new study shows a way to gauge distance in the early Universe.
A monster lurks at the heart of many galaxies – even our own Milky Way. This monster possesses the mass…
Quasars are the most powerful sources of light in the universe, but sometimes they're hard to find. A team of…
We puny humans think we can accelerate particles? Look how proud we are of the Large Hadron Collider. But any…
Thanks to a new study performed by a pair of astrophysicists from the University of Oklahoma, the first extra-galactic planets…
An international team of astronomers, using multiple observatories, have found the youngest and most distant quasar to date.
A new method devised by a team of Chinese and US researchers could lead to accurate estimates on the masses…
The ESO has released spectral data obtained by the Very Large Telescope, which studied a distant qausar to determine how…
Black holes absorb everything that falls into them, including photons of light and heat. So what does it mean to…
As soon as you learn about the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, your next thought…