Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have detected the lowest-mass dark object yet found in the universe.

The mysterious cosmic object has the lowest mass of any dark object discovered via gravitational lensing with a global telescope network. Moving forward, the team believes their methods could help ...

Gauging the mass of a black hole is tricky, but astronomers have devised multiple methods to measure the heft of these ...

Kamuela, Hawaii — For nearly a decade, Cal-Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy and his colleagues have been using the W. M. Keck telescopes to discover giant planets orbiting distant stars. Now, with the ...

In science, there are thousands of ways to measure the world around us that the average person may never encounter. For example: Pascals to measure pressure, Candles to measure light intensity, and ...