But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

This stunning 527-megapixel composite reveals both visible and infrared views of young stars, ionized gas, and dust filaments ...

Here are 8 incredibly beautiful and mesmerizing deep space images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing the ...

According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...

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

A team of scientists has developed a new model to study ‘very massive stars’ and their impact on the formation of black holes ...

Astronomers from the University of Turku in Finland and elsewhere have performed a broadband spectral and timing study of an ...

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

In a groundbreaking cosmic revelation, astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a dying star erupting in a rare ...

Astronomers had long been suspecting that some stars do meet their end of life with a dual detonation and new images prove ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered new structural and spectral details of SNR J0450.4−7050, a supernova ...