Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A monster jet of radio waves was discovered by astronomers. It’s double the width of our Milky Way galaxy and the jet is shooting out of a quasar. The quasar formed when the universe was about 1.2 ...

Astronomers have found the most luminous object in the known universe, hiding in plain sight. Quasars are the brightest objects in the cosmos. So bright, in fact, that when they were first spotted in ...

Black hole blast Astronomers have discovered a massive blast coming from a black hole, five times more powerful than any previously seen. The discovery will help scientists understand how galaxies ...

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Quasars are the most energetic objects in the universe. Since their discovery, astronomers have been keen to determine when they first appeared in our cosmic history. The newly-discovered quasar, ...

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At the heart of a nearby galaxy, astronomers have spotted a pair of supermassive black holes 'furiously whirling' around each other. Like a pair of skaters, the black-hole duo generates so much energy ...