Scientists are using pulsars to detect the gravitational wave 'hum' created from supermassive black hole mergers. Credit: ...

MeerKAT discovers cosmic laser halfway across the universe By Staff Writer, ITWebJohannesburg, 20 Feb 2026An illustration of the distant galaxy eight billion light-years away (red), magnified by an ...

Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime predicted by Einstein and first detected by LIGO in 2015, confirming black hole ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

An international team of scientists led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies ...

Scientists have long suspected that active supermassive black holes can kill their own host galaxies, but new research suggests these cosmic titans are more like serial killers that can extend their ...

If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model for astronomical imaging that significantly enhances scientists' ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the cosmos.

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

The MeerKAT radio telescope is actually an array of 64 receptors in the Northern Cape, just a few beats away from the town of Carnarvon.

Somewhere in the universe, enormous black holes are circling each other so slowly that ...