In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, a team at George Mason University is heading a project to construct and launch a ...

In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the ...

As the universe expands, it feels like it must be spreading out from some initial point. But a physicist explains why that’s ...

The oldest and most distant black hole known to scientists dates back 13.3 billion years ago, when our universe was still in ...

Astronomers using the Webb Telescope may have found a new type of object: cold, glowing black hole stars from the early ...

Of all the celestial bodies, none induce awe and fear in equal measure quite like black holes. They are incredible astrophysical objects and there are plenty of reasons why they are so iconic. In ...