A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with domestic and international partners, has ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

Boffins are scratching their heads over another mysterious signal which is believed to have originated from the edge of the ...

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

The mysterious 10-second flash of energy, first detected in March, has been identified thanks to NASA's ever-impressive James ...

Gamma rays are invisible and ultra-powerful forms of light. They are the most energetic source of radiation known in the ...

The blast may have been a kilonova — a type of neutron star merger — in the wake of a more traditional supernova.

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.

Astronomers may have finally solved one of the weirdest mysteries of our night sky: why Betelgeuse, a massive star in the constellation Orion, seems to fade and brig ...

Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear ...

Black holes are not cosmic vacuum cleaners. They are among the universe’s most extreme objects - and come in different sizes.