Using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a ...

Scientists have long been aware of the massive elliptical galaxy, M87. The galaxy was first observed in the late 18th century ...

Researchers have found a suspected clump of dark matter lurking within the luminous halo of a well-known "Einstein ring." The ...

An ultra-fast flash from the galaxy M82 reveals what may have been a rare "extragalactic magnetar giant flare." ...

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

Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. [Photo: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI] BY The Conversation Curious Kids is a series for ...

Using CO (J=1–0) molecular line data obtained from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain ...

Dark matter is a fundamental hypothesis when it comes to our understanding of the universe, but it remains a hypothesis. We ...

The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...

A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies scientific priorities, opportunities, and funding recommendations for the next 10 years of astronomy ...

Mark Clampin (center) will take over as director of NASA's astrophysics division Aug. 15 after working on several major missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/Rebecca ...