This stunning 527-megapixel composite reveals both visible and infrared views of young stars, ionized gas, and dust filaments ...

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

Here are 8 incredibly beautiful and mesmerizing deep space images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing the ...

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

A team of scientists has developed a new model to study ‘very massive stars’ and their impact on the formation of black holes ...

Astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland and elsewhere have performed a broadband spectral and timing study of an ...

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

Astronomers had long been suspecting that some stars do meet their end of life with a dual detonation and new images prove ...

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

The £4.7bn black hole is made up of hundreds of spending decisions, few of them open to meaningful challenge at Holyrood, and many devolved to quangos which control massive budgets.