Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope discovered a hydroxyl megamaser in a galactic merger 8 billion light-years away, amplified by gravitational lensing and operating at radio wavelengths.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new look at distant quasars split by gravity shows the universe may be growing faster than expected. (CREDIT: SpringerNature ...

A mysterious striped signal from the Crab Pulsar may finally be explained by a delicate balance between plasma effects and ...

The universe has a habit of surprising us, revealing its deepest secrets in the most unexpected ways. One such revelation arrived in the form of an astonishing discovery around the elliptical galaxy ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Image of the galaxy NGC 6505: the Einstein ring created by this gravitational lens can be seen in ...

In an extraordinary testament to the predictive power of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, a star system has been discovered that demonstrates extreme gravitational lensing. This observation ...

Gravitational lenses bend and focus light from the more distant cosmos, offering astronomers a cheat code for chronicling the history of the universe. Reading time 2 minutes The universe is a big ...

In the center of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 and it seems to be smiling You can make out its two orange eyes and white button nose ...