A brilliant blue star has disappeared from view, which could mean it became a black hole in a novel way.
The Big Bang produced the Universe's hydrogen, helium, and a little lithium. Since then, it's been up to stars (for…
For the child inside all of us space-enthusiasts, there might be nothing better than discovering a new type of explosion.…
The biggest stars in our universe are some of the most fascinatingly complex objects to inhabit the cosmos. Indeed,giant stars…
NASA recently selected four new missions for development that will study gravitational waves, supernovae, relativistic jets, and exoplanet habitability.
Astronomers have a dark energy problem. On the one hand, we've known for years that the universe is not just…
According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the…
The universe is expanding. When we look in all directions, we see distant galaxies speeding away from us, their light…
Astronomers at Cardiff University have done something nobody else has been able to do. A team, led by Dr. Phil…
Japanese astronomers have captured images of an astonishing 1800 supernovae. 58 of these supernovae are the scientifically-important Type 1a supernovae…