The exceptional quasar J0529−4351. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02195-x A new study published in Nature Astronomy describes ...

Observers love looking at distant objects — and the farther, the better. Well, how about an object that’s more than 2 billion light-years away and visible through an 8-inch telescope? 3C 273 is that ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have stumbled upon a puzzling population of galaxies that look far too bright for their age. In four patches of sky, covering more than 500 square ...

Using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterized a bright quasar, finding it to be not only the brightest of its kind but also the most ...

A distant star, dying a fiery and dramatic death, torn apart by a supermassive black hole in a forgotten corner of the sky. One of the most luminous, energetic, long-lasting transient objects didn’t ...

PEORIA — Gary Justis’ exhibit “Luminous Objects” explores the classic medium of landscape painting in a thoroughly modern way. Justis builds mechanical devices that project light, color and movement ...

This artist’s impression shows the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, ...