The powerful merger, designated GW231123, produced an extremely large black hole about 225 times the mass of our Sun.

A curious face in the cosmos has captured attention of astronomers. Dubbed the "Cosmic Owl," this celestial sight features ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.

But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

Astronomers believe they've uncovered the source behind mysterious cosmic signals known as fast x-ray transients (FXTs) — and ...

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captures the "Cosmic Owl," a rare galactic formation resembling an owl’s face. See stunning images.

ENTs occur when stars that are at least three times as massive as the Sun pass so close to a supermassive black hole that its ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how ...

This stunning 527-megapixel composite reveals both visible and infrared views of young stars, ionized gas, and dust filaments ...