The early universe is absolutely so far outside our understanding of how the world works it's hard to describe in words. Back ...

"For the most part, massive stars make black holes. The more massive the star, the heavier the black hole," Fishbach said, until stars reach a certain mass threshold beyond which the physics of their ...

A faint, ancient star sitting inside one of the smallest known galaxies has handed astronomers a direct chemical record of ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, helping to shed light on one of the most cataclysmic ...

Scientists have uncovered indirect evidence for theorized ultra-powerful supernovas—massive stellar explosions that may leave no remnants. These findings, involving black holes and gravitational waves ...

An international team led by Monash University has uncovered evidence of a rare form of exploding star, helping to shed light on one of the most ...

In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe ...

A rare star reveals how the Universe's first stars exploded, helping explain the Milky Way’s outer halo and its unusual chemistry.

Gold was not born on our planet Earth; it was forged in a violent ‘cosmic forge’ far beyond our solar system. Research ...

Artist’s conception of a magnetar surrounded by an accretion disk that is wobbling, or precessing, because of the effects of general relativity. Some models of magnetars suggest that high-speed jets ...