Astronomers discover a low-mass dark object through gravitational lensing and multiple radiotelescopes across Earth.

Scientists using a global array of radio telescopes have detected the universe’s lowest-mass dark object by observing how it ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe — and its size has them fascinated.

This one-million-year-old star-forming region contains thousands of new stars and hundreds of planetary mass objects floating freely in the nebula, not orbiting stars. A groundbreaking study published ...

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

A stronomers have broken two records in one thanks to an incredible serendipitous alignment of cosmic objects. It's the ...

When a star is young, it is often still surrounded by a primordial rotating disk of gas and dust, from which planets can form. Astronomers like to find such disks because they might be able to catch ...

How do rogue planetary-mass objects -- celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets -- form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic ...

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...

The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July. The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at ...