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

Huge stars that collapse to create black holes may vomit out a lot more material during their lifespan than initially thought, according to a new study. The stars in question have masses more than 100 ...

New research is shedding light on what researchers call "lite" intermediate-mass black holes, which are smaller, but still ...

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

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

An international team of astronomers has discovered new structural and spectral details of SNR J0450.4−7050, a supernova ...

Suppose the birth of the universe was not a definite start, but a cosmological rebound far within a black hole? This radical idea has been picking up steam as new theoretical research, spearheaded by ...

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

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

The birth of a new star seen in 1054, bright enough to dazzle humanity and visible for 20 days. An incredible cosmic event ...

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