The world's first telescope, crafted in 1608 by the Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey, led to stunning technologies that would later revolutionize our understanding of the universe. While his ...

"When you put it into context, Punctum is astonishingly bright." A bewilderingly powerful mystery object found in a nearby galaxy and only visible so far in millimeter radio wavelengths could be a ...

The brightest known object ever seen in the universe has been detected by scientists who claim the discovery was hiding in plain sight. Researchers said they came across the massive quasar after ...

Scientists have seen a powerful explosion from a mysterious, unknown object in space. Researchers do not know where the bright flash came from. But they believe that it may be something entirely ...

Telescopes regularly reveal the wonders of our universe, but once in awhile, they also turn up hauntingly spooky sights out in the cosmos. Here's the science behind some of the creepiest objects in ...

The largest of three newly found ring shaped structures in the cosmos are almost a million light-years across. Citizen scientists have found several new "odd radio circles<" or ORCs, in distant, ...

A series of three powerful flares and associated explosions of solar material out across the Solar System have set Earth ...

The world's largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies, and scour the universe for hints of life. NASA's ...

The mysterious object speeding through our solar system may be even more unique than many scientists originally thought. New scans of the interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS have found that it is ...