The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything about it that might align with a hypothetical alien spacecraft.

The cosmos, in its vast expanse, continues to reveal awe-inspiring mysteries. The latest of these enigmas is a color-changing ...

A recent study has sparked intrigue by suggesting the existence of a mysterious object from beyond our solar system behaving ...

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study ...

Configurations like these, known as Einstein crosses, typically consist of four distinct points of light. This particular ...

We don't really know, but probably some truly bizarre physics. Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts. Neutron stars are the ...

You’ll see some irregular galaxies that look like nothing, and some barred spirals that look like everything. Along the way, ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy.An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely ...