Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024. At a glance, it appeared to be a run-of-the-mill gamma ray burst, which ...

A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing possibility of extraterrestrial life.

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

By revealing a massive radio jet in the early universe, J1601+3102 offers a rare snapshot of early quasar activity.

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the ...

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars ...

Yale astronomers have announced the discovery of a galaxy with nine concentric rings—the most rings ever seen in a single ...

Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.