Astronomers have found the most luminous object in the known universe, hiding in plain sight. Quasars are the brightest objects in the cosmos. So bright, in fact, that when they were first spotted in ...

The exceptional quasar J0529−4351. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02195-x A new study published in Nature Astronomy describes ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has identified GLASS-z13, a galaxy potentially dating back 13.5 billion years, making it a candidate for the oldest and most distant galaxy observed, surpassing ...

The observation of an object disintegrating in space offers a spectacle as rare as it is instructive. Astronomers were able ...

An international team of astronomers have employed the Spektr-RG spacecraft and various ground-based telescopes to ...

Astronomers observed ancient quasars that appear to be surprisingly alone in the early universe. The findings challenge physicists' understanding of how such luminous objects could have formed so ...

A distant star, dying a fiery and dramatic death, torn apart by a supermassive black hole in a forgotten corner of the sky. One of the most luminous, energetic, long-lasting transient objects didn’t ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have stumbled upon a puzzling population of galaxies that look far too bright for their age. In four patches of sky, covering more than 500 square ...

Philip Wiseman works at the University of Southampton and is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. A new study published in Nature Astronomy describes the most luminous object ever ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Astronomers have found a cataclysmic event in space involving a massive black hole that is ripping apart a star. The event, dubbed “Scary Barbie,” is among the brightest ...

This artist’s impression shows the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, ...

Amidst the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian scientists are studying the skies, but not necessarily for the reason you might think. According to a report from the Main Astronomical ...