Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

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

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

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

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

A cataclysmic variable star was found as part of a project using two telescopes from opposite sides of the world.

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

"It is wonderful to take a character that you think you know who she is, and then put her in these situations that she never ...

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

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

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