A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Standing on Earth and gazing out into the night sky, you’d think our Milky Way galaxy is relatively calm. Most nearby ...

For decades, astronomers have listened to the cosmos through pulsars — rapidly spinning neutron stars that emit perfectly ...

They suggest that when two supermassive black hole binaries emit waves at almost the same frequency, their interference ...

Researchers analyzing pulsar data have found tantalizing hints of ultra-slow gravitational waves. A team from Hirosaki University suggests these signals might carry “beats” — patterns formed by ...

Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen by ...

The latest discovery came unexpectedly during observations of the quasar H1413+117, better known as the Cloverleaf. First detected in 1984 and located about 11 billion light-years away, this ...

Astronomers report the discovery of two new highly scattered pulsars as part of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey. The findings are detailed in a ...

Data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope has revealed spider pulsars, which are a group of dead stars, in globular cluster Omega Centauri "preying' on nearby stars. The Chandra team explains. Credit: ...

Observations have shown that galaxies, from our own Milky Way to far out into the distant universe, often host supermassive black holes at their centres. While the exact growth history of supermassive ...

Astronomers have found a black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating far faster than expected. It shines with record-breaking X-rays for its era and may help explain how some black holes ...