New research is shedding light on what researchers call "lite" intermediate-mass black holes, which are smaller, but still ...

Astronomers have spotted an object from outside our solar system bolting toward the Sun at around 150,000 mph (240,000 km/h).

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...

Dennis Mammana Stargazers We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to comprehend sizes and ...