Astronomers

The ambitious plans of US astronomers to erect two groundbreaking telescopes, the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Thirty Meter Telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea, face a significant setback. Despite years of preparation and…

In a surprising turn of events, astronomers have stumbled upon a dark galaxy named J0613+52, filled with primordial gas and seemingly devoid of visible stars.  This unexpected finding is touted as possibly being "the faintest galaxy…

According to astronomers, one of the largest black holes ever detected has been identified using a new technology that could detect thousands more of the voracious celestial monsters in the coming years. According to a new study, the…

A distant star system is assisting scientists in solving the enigma of how water appeared billions of years ago in our solar system. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array of telescopes in northern Chile, scientists…

Texas and Arizona researchers discovered a fast-developing black hole in one of the early Universe's most extreme galaxies. The finding of the galaxy and its central black hole provides new insights into the genesis of the first…

An Earth-like planet that is only 31 light years away from our own has been found by astronomers to have the potential to harbor life. Wolf 1069 b is a planet with a mass comparable to Earth's and an orbital distance that would permit…

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet whose orbit is degrading as it orbits an old star. The unfortunate planet, discovered by the Kepler space telescope, is on a collision course with its expanding star, which will finally destroy…

Recently, NASA confirmed via Twitter that 5,235 exoplanets had been discovered to date and round 200 new planets were discovered by astronomers in 2022 alone. This is an impressive accomplishment considering that less than 5,000…