The universe is truly magical: vast, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. There’s something almost unreal about being able ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. About a century ago, scientists were struggling to ...

Astronomers have discovered the oldest and most distant black hole — a behemoth that likely formed at the dawn of the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The black hole lies at the center of a ...

"It's like trying to hear that whisper while a loud concert is playing next door." A U.K.-led team of scientists is developing a miniature spacecraft that will orbit the moon in an effort to detect ...

As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways.

Scientists have been amazed to discover an ancient and 'nearly naked' black hole at the very furthest reaches of the universe. This ancient void dates back to 600 to 700 million years after the Big ...

Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope now think the "little red dots" spotted in the early universe could be a new kind of space object. They call it a "black hole star." - T. Müller / A.

Astronomers have a new explanation for mysterious "little red dots" observed in the early universe: Maybe they're not crowded star clusters that upend everything scientists know about galaxies. Maybe ...