The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes what we know about the early universe.

Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of ... the foundations for our scientific age. His laws of motion and theory of gravity ...

Galaxies are astronomical objects composed of billions or even trillions of stars. Our Earth and solar system are just a tiny ...

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

These jets become elusive the farther back in time astronomers try to look because of the so-called cosmic microwave ...

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

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...