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

"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

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

And, scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have detected what they like to call a ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

These black holes are the most distant and stable objects we know. Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry ...

Our next meeting, on Thursday, July 3, will be at the regular time of 6 p.m. for the social hour and at our regular location — the Community United Methodist Church at 434 Lewis St. Please ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

A new kind of stellar explosion, far brighter and longer-lasting than supernovae, may help scientists explore the secrets of ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...