The most violently explosive events in the universe -- such as a star going supernova, two neutron stars smashing into each ...

The strange behavior of hypervelocity stars suggests a nearby dwarf galaxy must contain a supermassive black hole. If so, a ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

and most of its mass becomes either a neutron star—an ultradense object about the size of a city—or a black hole. The rest explodes outward, flying into space like bullets. Astronomers have ...

Poutine Cake and Apple Pie Cake! Watch as we transform classic comfort foods into delicious, sweet treats with creative ...

All six, however, are utterly out-dazzled by the supernova around which they orbit ... with filigree madness, into art. Mann navigates the aria with show-stopping sizzle and just the right ...

Hubble captured Westerlund 1, a massive young star cluster with 50,000+ stars. This study reveals stellar motion, structure, ...

A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.

These stars began to fuse hydrogen and helium into heavier elements ... the energy of the average supernova triggered by nearby massive stars. —Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion ...

After traveling for many billions of years, light shifts into ... supernova deaths of stars are depositing less and less gas in the vicinity of the central accreting supermassive black hole.

By revealing a massive radio jet in the early universe, J1601+3102 offers a rare snapshot of early quasar activity.