WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two large stars residing inside a spectacular cloud of gas and dust nicknamed the "Dragon's Egg" nebula have presented a puzzle to astronomers. One of them has a magnetic field, ...

Astronomers at MIT, NASA, and elsewhere have a new way to measure how fast a black hole spins, by using the wobbly aftermath from its stellar feasting. The method takes advantage of a black hole tidal ...

A red dwarf 130 light-years away has just rewritten the rules of space weather. For the first time, astronomers have captured ...

Red dwarf hurls plasma at speeds rarely seen from Sun, potentially stripping atmospheres from orbiting planets Astronomers ...

The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...

Space continues to give us unprecedented and unique moments thanks to the great technologies we have on our planet. In this ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The universe’s roughly 100 billion supermassive black holes are ...

Astronomers have discovered a new kind of stellar explosion that could be commonplace in the universe and may change our understanding of how eruptions in stars occur. A micronova is a thermonuclear ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of its imminent, violent end." Betelgeuse may have competition for the most ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It may not be Halloween anymore, but scientists and astronomy experts are anticipating a spooky-sounding stellar phenomenon to light up the night sky soon. It’s called a “zombie star,” ...

One of the most enigmatic stellar systems in our Milky Way Galaxy has been shown to harbour a very massive black hole. With 14 times more mass than the Sun, this is the heaviest known stellar black ...