The space between galaxies is not empty. In a new map of the early universe, those “blank” stretches take on a faint, hydrogen-blue glow that had mostly escaped surveys until now. Astronomers working ...

Using spectral data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have produced the most detailed 3D map yet of faint cosmic structures from 9-11 billion years ago, revealing ...

A team of astrophysicists has built the first detailed spectral model of a metal-free supermassive star weighing up to one million times the mass of the Sun, and the results line up with some of the ...

A new ultrathin photodetector from Duke University can sense light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and generate a ...

WOH G64 has always been an oddball. It sits in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, and it ranks among the most extreme red supergiants known.

A razor-thin spike of radio light, tuned to a wavelength of about 18 centimeters, just traveled more than 8 billion ...

Astronomers with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) have used data from the project to make the ...

Astronomers with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), have used data from the project to make the ...

For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating ...

New research from the University of Kansas untangles a decades-old astrophysical puzzle, showing how competing forces -- ...

LAWRENCE — For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves ...

Brightline West’s final environmental assessment is 99% complete, clearing a major hurdle for the high-speed rail line ...