New research may have delivered bad news for scientists who thought they had discovered a "missing link" black hole in a dense Milky Way star cluster. "The hunt for elusive intermediate-mass black ...

Globular clusters are often described as ancient, tightly bound fossils of the early Milky Way. It has been believed that ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University have found a young galaxy cluster that appears far ...

Galaxy clusters are formed by a dense packing of many galaxies, making them the most massive structures in the universe.

A long-standing mystery about a strange cluster of stars in our galaxy may have finally been solved by scientists. The stars at the center of this huge cluster, Omega Centauri, appear to be moving ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/ MIRI/ NIRCam/ Giuseppe, et al 2024/ EWOCS Using the James Webb Space Telescope, ...

A new simulation could help solve one of astronomy’s longstanding mysteries—how supermassive black holes formed so rapidly—along with a new one: What are the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) ...

This composite image was weeks in the making, as Horálek’s two "crossings" happened months apart. Mars traced its path ...

A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a cluster of stellar-mass black holes. When you purchase through links on our ...