Astronomers have identified clear evidence of a recent merger between two supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the galaxy NGC 4486B. This rare cosmic event, detailed in a new study published in The ...

The absence of a signal could itself be a signal. This is the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology ...

The James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have captured amazing views of spiral galaxy NGC 2566. Credit: ...

Deep-sky objects have some creative nicknames, but what’s up with the Deer Lick Group? In the 1980s, amateur astronomer Tom Lorenzin was observing in the mountains of North Carolina, at the Deerlick ...

Any amateur astronomer who has read about the universe or has an interest in observing deep-sky objects has encountered the letters NGC. They stand for New General Catalogue. The complete title is New ...

The peculiar galaxy NGC 3256 dominates this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. This Milky Way-sized galaxy lies about 120 million light-years away in the constellation Vela, and ...

Astronomers from Egypt and Turkey have conducted a comprehensive analysis of kinematic, structural, and astrophysical ...