Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in action.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe. At double the width of ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years of the universe By Associated Press | Feb. 6, 2025, at 1:42 p.m.

Astronomers used a coronograph, an instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope, to blot out the blindingly bright light of the quasar so they could study its surroundings. Credit: NASA / ESA ...

The black hole powering the quasar, the astronomers find, is 1.4 billion times as massive as the sun, in line with previous estimates. What’s new is the detection of the host galaxy, whose stars ...

Astronomers discovered J0529-4351, the brightest quasar known, 500 trillion times brighter than the sun. It contains a supermassive black hole growing at an unprecedented rate. The quasar’s ...

New photos from the James Webb Space Telescope show off the bewitching beauty of the warped quasar RX J1131-1231, which is adorned with four bright spots birthed by mind-bending space-time trickery.

New research suggests that galaxies with quasars at their active hearts are seven times more likely to harbor elusive ...