New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy ...

"It's only because this object is so extreme that we can observe it from Earth, even though it's really far away," Anniek ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

For decades, scientists have worked to map the universe’s large-scale structure, testing cosmological models and ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's ...

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...