Black holes are notoriously difficult to spot unless they are active, and one type of activity is the destruction of a star, ...

An explosive event in the sky might soon captivate stargazers, as a research team led by the University of Turku predicts ...

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are some of the most perplexing phenomena in nature. Even though astronomers have detected about ...

Current physics is speeding toward a breaking point, as astronomers confirm that the Hubble tension in new data.

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

Most scientists agree the prolonged flash likely occurred when a black hole ate a star, but two other ideas can't be ruled ...

According to University of NSW senior lecturer Ben Montet, the best places to see the meteor shower in Sydney are: The best ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

A team of computational astrophysicists from the Institute for Advanced Study and the Flatiron Institute's Center for ...

R esearchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and it turns out ...