A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

Black holes are typically thought of as objects that only consume matter, never release it. However, some theories suggest ...

A supercharged neutrino that smashed into our planet in 2023 may have been spit out by an exploding primordial black hole ...

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

Astronomers at The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new cosmic object that is much larger than anything astronomers have seen before in the distant universe.

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The universe is filled with innumerable astrophysical objects, each one different from the last. But even amid this vast diversity, some stand out as truly bizarre. A pair of astronomers recently ...

The earliest black holes in the universe may not have disappeared from Hawking radiation after all, new research hints. Instead, they fed on the energy of the ancient cosmos to grow supermassive.

This experiment starts with one simple question: how far will this roll down a mountain? What looks harmless at first quickly turns into a nonstop gravity ride. The object keeps picking up speed, ...

There is a lot we have yet to understand about the center of the Milky Way—could it be due to a mass of invisible dark matter? Reading time 3 minutes Astronomers have yet to fully grasp the Galactic ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...