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From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

HH 30, a fascinating Herbig-Haro object, serves as a cosmic laboratory for studying star formation and planetary evolution.

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month presents HH 30 in unprecedented detail. This target is ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive, double-lobed radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years from a quasar that existed when ...

By revealing a massive radio jet in the early universe, J1601+3102 offers a rare snapshot of early quasar activity.

"It's only because this object is so extreme that we can observe it from Earth, even though it's really far away," Anniek ...

The team determined the nebula to have an ellipsoidal shape using Submillimeter Array (SMA) radio-wavelength mapping of emission from carbon monoxide (CO) gas. The CO emission reveals cold, molecular ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...