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 ...

In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating that gravitational wave signals from black hole mergers are more complex ...

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

A groundbreaking simulation reveals how neutron star mergers forge black holes, generate gamma-ray bursts, and scatter gold ...

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

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

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 ...

Researchers aim to explore hidden aspects of the universe that could fundamentally transform our understanding of the cosmos ...