Scientists have discovered an astronomical object that has never been observed before. It is more massive than collapsed stars, known as "neutron stars", but has less mass than black holes. Such ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

Doomed star circling supermassive black hole could be ripped apart in less than 6 years; ... Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University.

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

It's a smackdown of one space monster by another: Scientists have made unprecedented observations of two black holes gobbling two neutron stars — among the weirdest space collisions ever detected.

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...

The Milky Way has its own supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. How Big Is a Black Hole? Main sequence stars (like our Sun) make up about 90% of the stars in the sky.

Massive black holes spewing out radio-frequency-emitting particles at near-light speed can block formation of new stars in aging galaxies, a study has found. The research provides crucial new ...

Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Richard Talcott introduces the Astronomy 101 video series with a look at one of the weirdest objects in the universe: black holes.

As astronomy datasets grow larger, scientists are scouring them for black holes, hoping to better understand the exotic objects. But the drive to find more black holes is leading some astronomers ...

Scientists have discovered an astronomical object that has never been observed before. It is more massive than collapsed stars, known as "neutron stars", but has less mass than black holes. Such ...