"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

The earliest and most distant supermassive black hole discovered thus far by JWST is CEERS 1019, which existed just 570 ...

Few things in space are as bright as a supernova, but recently astronomer captured a flash out in the cosmos so great their ...

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

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

For decades, scientists have believed there should be black holes that fall between two well-known types. On one end are ...

They illuminate the processes responsible for growing the largest black holes in the universe," concluded Hinkle. Story Source: Materials provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Astronomers confirm ‘lite intermediate’ black holes, too large for ordinary stars, revealing clues about early stellar origins.

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

I’ve spent much of my long life studying — and trying to understand — the history of the universe. Along the way, I have been constantly reminded that science is essentially international: Science ...

The Universe is a vast, twinkling enigma, teasing us with secrets that feel like they're just out of reach. Scientists at ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...