When the bright star Betelgeuse explodes, it will be an impressive sight. The stellar explosion, known as a supernova, will ...

Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a ...

The distinction is in the mass of the companion. In a black widow (BW), the companion ... they can form black holes. Spider ...

Recent results suggest these exotic objects just might help us account for the mysterious force pushing the universe apart.

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can have billions of solar masses, and observational evidence suggests that all large ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

The phenomenon defies our current understanding of stellar evolution. The research was led ... In M31-2014-DS1's case, the neutrino shock wasn't revived and about 98% of its mass collapsed into a ...

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...