NASA has unveiled a dazzling new collection of cosmic images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, capturing spectacular stars ...

"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We ...

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

Very massive stars (VMSs) have had a massive impact on the formation of our universe. However, there aren't very many of them ...

As NASA reports, two astronomers working with raw Webb data the space agency periodically makes available to researchers, have found evidence of a fast-growing black hole in an unexpected place and ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times the mass of our sun that exhausts its nuclear fuel and undergoes a core ...

In a first-of-its-kind observation, astronomers have obtained the visual evidence of a star dying by double detonation, when stars are known to disappear by giant explosions.

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

At 225 solar masses, this gargantuan merger of two black holes challenges our thinking on these famously elusive objects.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

With the discovery of Infinity Galaxy, researchers believe they have found evidence of a direct collapse black hole by ...

A new discovery challenges the previously accepted understanding of how stars interact with black holes. While it’s often said that lightning never strikes the same place twice, black holes seem to ...