A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen ...

Was the Big Bang really the beginning of the universe, or are we 'bouncing' between periods of expansion and contraction? A ...

Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings ...

A new simulation by researchers shows how a neutron star violently cracks seconds before vanishing into a black hole.

As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to ...

A black hole is more than just a region of space where nothing escapes. It can also become a powerful cosmic engine.

In a major leap forward, scientists, using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), have captured the sharpest images yet of ...

Astronomers have spotted an apparent supermassive black hole snacking on a star 600 million light-years away, wandering through a galaxy with an even larger black hole at its core.

Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black ...

Astronomers have observed the most massive and oldest black hole jet ever, emanating from quasar J1601+3102. Stretching over ...

Astronomers captured the universe’s brightest, longest-lasting stellar explosions, where massive stars are torn apart by ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a tightly packed cluster of supermassive black holes dating back 10.8 ...