Scientists have discovered something mysterious in space. According to a new study shared on a preprint website, scientists have discovered an extragalactic structure inside an area of space known as ...

An international team of astronomers led by Durham University and including astronomers at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre has reported the first detection of a rotating disc structure around a ...

Astronomers may have spotted the first known planet in another galaxy. The potential world, called M51-ULS-1b, orbits both a massive star and a dead star in the Whirlpool galaxy, about 28 million ...

Since the first detection of the first exoplanet in 1992, astronomers have found thousands of others. Indeed, they estimate that the Milky Way is home to 40 billion worlds. So it’s easy to imagine ...

One of the toughest parts of the universe to observe is the ominously-named “zone of avoidance” (ZoA), the relatively uncharted region of the sky obscured by our own Milky Way galaxy. But in new ...

The study of symmetries in black hole spacetimes has emerged as a cornerstone for comprehending the underlying dynamics of these enigmatic compact objects. By identifying both explicit and hidden ...

In a mysterious region of the sky known as the "zone of avoidance" veiled by our own galaxy's thick bulge, researchers have found a massive "extragalactic structure" hiding behind the Milky Way. As ...

The finding offers tantalizing clues in the ongoing quest to piece together the origins of ORCs—mysterious, ring-shaped radio signals from space. Reading time 2 minutes For lovers of cool astronomy ...