An artist’s illustration shows the largest radio jet ever found in the distant universe. - NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with ...

Using a worldwide network of radio telescopes including the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, astronomers have discovered a mysterious object in the distant universe. A million times the mass of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a ...

According to a paper published this past week in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists found what could be the brightest known object in the universe: a quasar produced by a massive and voracious ...

The biggest objects in the universe are clusters of galaxies, such as the supercluster we live in right now - and including Abell 370, which was captured in a sprawling glittery space-scape by the ...

Just a few numbers could be used to predict the sizes of objects large and small in the universe, researchers say. The paper, published Jan. 27 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Dark matter is believed to make up more than 80 percent of all matter in the universe, but what it actually is remains a mystery. Now, astronomers have found something that gives us a major clue. This ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have ...

According to a paper published this past week in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists found what could be the brightest known object in the universe: a quasar produced by a massive and voracious ...

The black ring and central dot show infrared image of a distant galaxy distorted by a gravitation lens. Orange/reg shows radio waves from the same object. The inset shows a pinch caused by another, ...