Astronomers have spied a monster radio jet in the distant universe that’s twice the width of the Milky Way galaxy. The ancient object formed when the universe was less than 10% of its current age of ...

This illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory in February 2024 depicts the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 our Milky ...

Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

Astronomers sometimes stumble upon discoveries that defy common sense. The universe is thought to be about 13.8 billion years old, yet some objects appear to pre-date it. While that sounds impossible, ...