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 ...

Astronomers have taken the first ever image that shows what happens when a star explodes twice in a supernova.

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

"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 ...