We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars. Other than black holes, these are the densest ...

After finding the debris of two colliding stars swimming in the ocean, researchers are after more evidence from the lunar ...

NASA’s space station experiments are helping refine lunar exploration technology, from X-ray imaging to navigation systems.

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

Some of the most massive and influential stars in the universe are OB stars. These blue giants, many times more massive than ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made a captivating discovery in the area of planets beyond Earth. A unique planet named 55 ...

When these stars dance, they make their own music. Astronomers have tracked down the source of a mysterious radio signal from ...

In 2007 astronomers discovered a strange event in data obtained using the 63m radio telescope at Parkes, Australia. It was a ...