A distant quasar’s black hole is surprisingly large for its galaxy
The first glimpse of starlight from a galaxy hosting one of the most distant quasars known has revealed an astronomical […]
Space
The spiky filaments of a zombie star shed light on a 12th-century supernova
About 7,500 light years from Earth lurks a zombie star cloaked in long tentacles of hot sulfur. No one knows
A cosmic census triples the known number of black holes in dwarf galaxies
A colossal census of the cosmos has more than tripled the number of active black holes known to inhabit miniature
Uranus may have looked strange when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by
Some of the apparent quirks of Uranus may be due to bad timing. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew
A first look at the rocks from the far side of the moon creates a volcanic mystery
The first samples from the far side of the moon contain signs of surprising volcanic activity near the lunar south
Mars’ potato-shaped moons may be the remains of a shattered asteroid
The moons of Mars may be the remnants of an asteroid with a rogue star that came too close to