As part of the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020), the Panel on Compact Objects and Energetic Phenomena will identify and articulate the scientific themes that will define the ...
Astronomers have confirmed the first isolated stellar-mass black hole drifting through the Milky Way, located roughly 5,000 ...
Astronomers may have uncovered the origins of the mysterious “little red dots,” some of the strangest galaxies seen in the early universe. These tiny but brilliant objects, discovered by the James ...
A strange, starless cloud on the edge of a nearby galaxy is forcing astronomers to confront one of the biggest unknowns in physics. The object, nicknamed Cloud‑9, looks like a wisp of hydrogen gas, ...