Space scientists have released jaw-dropping visuals of a black hole eating a star. Astronomers were puzzled after a ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has quietly crossed a threshold that turns a long‑planned mission into a near‑term ...

A University of Manchester astronomer is set to build the most detailed and accurate model of the radio sky ever built, offering new insights into the first stars, galaxies, and possibly new ...

An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just ...

Supermassive black holes are complex beasts. When abundant material reaches them, they can become active. The process of ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using ...

A team of computational astrophysicists from the Institute for Advanced Study and the Flatiron Institute's Center for ...

R esearchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and it turns out ...

Astronomers have discovered a beautiful, well-formed spiral galaxy from a time when the universe was still very young—only ...

This week, Airbus got a brutal reminder that even the world’s most-delivered jet - the A320 - isn’t immune to shocks as ...