Few things in space are as bright as a supernova, but recently astronomer captured a flash out in the cosmos so great their ...

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.

Citizen astronomers see moment star explodes by playing ‘spot the difference’ - A cataclysmic variable star was found as part ...

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

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

A supermassive black hole was observed belching up a star it gobbled up three years earlier — leaving astronomers puzzled by the delayed intergalactic indigestion.

The supermassive black hole, located 300 million light-years from Earth at the core of the galaxy ESO 583-G004, snared and shredded the star after it wandered too close, sending out a powerful ...

Astronomers have spied a "black widow" lurking in space 3,000 light-years from Earth, and it's a record-breaking cosmic object. Called a neutron star, the dense, collapsed remnants of a massive ...

Black holes were thought to arise from the collapse of dead stars. But a Webb telescope image showing the early universe hints at an alternative pathway.

The Black River Astronomical Society is one of the longest running astronomy clubs in the area with its founding in 1949. ... “At one of the public parks, a local astronomy club had a star party.