A team of space researchers working with data from the VLT in Chile has found via measuring the spectrum of a distant quasar by analyzing absorption lines in a galaxy in front of it, that there was no ...

An international research group led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) and comprising 34 research institutes and universities worldwide utilized the Near-Infrared Spectrograph ...

A galaxy far, far away: Measuring changes in the fundamental constants throughout the history of the universe is achieved by studying quasar light absorbed by foreground galaxies at different times.

A quasar from the universe’s first 850 million years has started to look less like a distant pinprick and more like a real ...

DESI collects spectra, the different frequencies of light that objects in space emit. That light tells researchers how far away the object is, meaning they can create a 3D map of the universe. This ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Astronomers have observed "quasar tsunamis," gigantic waves of ...