When two enormous black holes collide in deep space, they send shockwaves rippling across the universe. These shockwaves, ...

Elusive black hole radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking may have influenced the way the universe took shape after the Big ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

The explosion released elements heavier than iron—like gold and platinum—through a process known as rapid neutron capture ...

When you peer out into the depths of the cosmos, a mystery lies there, waiting. In a survey of the deep sky, most of the ...

New research from a professor at the Kansas State University that used imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope gives ...

Astronomers discover a spiral galaxy with 6 million light-year jets, raising concerns about the Milky Way's potential for ...

While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky ...

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...