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

With the federal government cutting funds for research, scientific organizations are facing a budget crunch. This includes ...

One of the ENTs studied in this work, named Gaia18cdj, released 25 times more energy than the most powerful supernova on ...

In a new study, scientists have observed three supermassive black holes “feasting” on colossal stars, and releasing more ...

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

The multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS releases the largest map of the universe, going back to almost the beginning of time ...

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

Twenty-five times more powerful than the most energetic supernova ever observed, Gaia18cdj easily outshone every star in its host galaxy.

The breakthroughs already discovered through JWST’s observations have shown how essential NIRCam data is for understanding ...

Scientists could turn to black holes to aid the search for dark matter and similarly elusive particles that hold clues to the ...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the US National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy's Office of ...

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