Astronomers have discovered the longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, revealing that a black hole literally consumed a star ...

In a remarkable cosmic event, astronomers have detected a black hole-star merger that has resulted in the longest gamma-ray ...

When space telescopes blazed with high-energy radiation for hours earlier this year, astronomers suspected that they were ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar ...

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

It’s possible that these objects might be the primordial beginnings of the supermassive black holes found in the centers of ...

"Its special properties make the galaxy an ideal candidate for further research into merging black holes and the associated gravitational waves." A beam of particles speeding away from the vicinity of ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have simulated in unprecedented detail how a neutron star cracks just seconds before being swallowed by a black hole. The simulation, led by Caltech astrophysicist ...

Back in 2024, a system set up to identify objects that suddenly brighten found something unusual. Unfortunately, the automated system that was supposed to identify it couldn't figure out what it was ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Astronomers have caught a runaway black hole in the act of tearing apart a star in a place it shouldn’t be: far from the bustling center of its host galaxy. The stellar catastrophe – known as a tidal ...

Black holes are dark, menacing objects with gravity so intense that not even light can escape, so you don’t want to mess with them. A recent discovery of one of the strangest supernovas ever observed ...