One of these hot plasma channels tunnels through the heated plasma like a ‘back road’ into the galaxy, seemingly stretching ...

Scientists have discovered a peculiar supernova that may have resulted from a star's misguided attempt to swallow a black hole. The new case, soon to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, ...

In the search for signs of life on what seemed like a promising little exoplanet, astronomers’ hopes have dimmed.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant confirmed black hole, hidden inside a rare galaxy known as a “Little Red Dot.” Its enormous size and early existence challenge current theories about how ...

Researchers at Max Planck Institute have discovered a mysterious network of interstellar channels connecting Solar System to ...

A black hole’s bizarre "heartbeat" is forcing astronomers to reconsider how these cosmic heavyweights behave.

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a ...

The simplest explanation — that Punctum is an extreme example of something familiar — hasn’t been ruled out. A magnetar in an unusual environment, a supernova remnant tangled with dense material, or ...

As Roman’s launch approaches, Rose and his team’s Hourglass Simulation provides a crucial preview of the telescope’s ...

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels, like tunnels, connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of ...

They wouldn’t last for long, but the emissions from tiny black hole buds could light the way to quantum gravity.

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