For years, scientists have suspected that stars can meet their doom by a one-two punch of back-to-back explosions — but ...

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

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

The bold question-askers at What If imagine the cosmic consequences of a collision between a black hole and a white hole.

The bold question-askers at What If explore why having a black hole in our Solar System would be a catastrophic scenario.

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