A galaxy in the distance, was tightly encircled by a halo of light—also known as an Einstein Ring, a result of gravitational ...
Just as modern telescopes reveal the hidden structure of nebulae and star clusters, understanding the physics behind twilight ...
The core of a massive cluster of galaxies appears to be pumping out far more stars than it should. Now researchers at MIT and ...
The core of a massive cluster of galaxies appears to be pumping out far more stars than it should. Now researchers at MIT and ...
Astronomers have identified an unprecedented cosmic titan—a vast superstructure of galaxies stretching 1.3 billion ...
Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a ...
Euclid, a space telescope on a mission to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy, has already made a stunning discovery: a perfectly formed Einstein ring hidden in a well-known galaxy.
From helping catalyze interstellar reactions and fueling the birth of stars to its presence in neighborhood gas giants like ...
Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...
A joint project between NASA and the Indian space program, NISAR will give us a look at the ways Earth's surface is changing.
"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the ...
With a length of 428 megaparsecs, or around 1.39 billion light-years, the superstructure is the biggest ever spotted.