Explore 8 stunning deep space pictures captured by NASA, showing galaxies, nebulas, black holes, and cosmic wonders that ...

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.

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 ...

Very massive stars (VMSs) have had a massive impact on the formation of our universe. However, there aren't very many of them, with only around 20 known specimens in the Milky Way and Large Magellanic ...

He was not alone. Associate astronomy professor Shane Davis expounded on black holes, while graduate student Jaya Nagarajan-Swenson spoke on merging galaxies, both using a large monitor to display ...

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 new discovery challenges the previously accepted understanding of how stars interact with black holes. While it’s often ...

Scientists record a black hole collision they weren’t sure was possible The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.