The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

Astronomers use many methods to determine this number, including gravitational lensing, the universe’s expansion rate, and more.

A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the ...

Most cosmologists believe that these stars were the first large, free-floating structures to illuminate our universe, and ...

If the thought of a supermassive black hole terrifies you, a new study may provide some relief. Scientists say that these galactic giants might not actually be as big as we thought.

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

However we do not have to worry about the universe-obliterating Big Rip yet because if it happens it would happen in about 22 ...

Our understanding of cosmology hinges on how well we know our own local universe, which remains poorly mapped and poorly ...

A supermassive black hole in the far reaches of the Universe has been found guzzling down material at one of the fastest rates ever seen.

Scientists at Rutgers and collaborators have traced the invisible dark matter scaffolding of the universe using over 100,000 ...

The black hole appears to be growing at about 2.4 times the Eddington limit, which means it is consuming the equivalent of ...