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

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

For years, scientists have suspected that stars can meet their doom by a one-two punch of back-to-back explosions — but ...

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

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

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

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

A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European ...

In a groundbreaking cosmic revelation, astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a dying star erupting in a rare ...

The annual Badlands Astronomy Festival brings together space science professionals, amateur astronomers, educators, and ...

These black holes are the most distant and stable objects we know. Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry ...