NEW analysis of the most powerful space explosion ever seen has revealed a fascinating discovery. The large bang that ...

Stellar mass black holes, which are significantly smaller than their supermassive cousins, usually weigh in at around 10 ...

Astronomers have identified the most massive black hole known to exist within a binary star system in our Milky Way galaxy.

An incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could ...

Astronomers have detected a black hole positioned roughly 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquila. It was ...

BH3 spotted when scientists chanced upon star in Aquila constellation ‘wobbling’ under its gravitational force ...

"When we confirmed that the gamma-ray burst was generated by the collapse of a massive star, that gave us the opportunity to ...

In October 2022, surveys monitoring the skies for explosions in space started going off like a frog in a sock.

European scientists say they have discovered the biggest stellar black hole yet in the Milky Way, less than 2,000 light-years ...

The blast is believed to have originated from a supernova explosion accompanying the demise and implosion of a massive star ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the cause of the most powerful cosmic explosion since the Big ... some of the heaviest elements in the universe are formed," lead study author Peter ...

In October 2022, an international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, observed the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded, GRB 221009A.