"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so rapidly that it is "burping" ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

However, although photons of light existed since the first second after the Big Bang, they could not yet shine across the ...

Scientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Utah desert — known as the Deep Synoptic ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...