BASED on findings published in Astronomy & Astrophysics in December and further reported by Keith Cooper for Space.com, ...
An ultramassive black hole so huge it could swallow 30 billion suns has emerged from the cosmic background, revealed not by ...
New black hole research from the Flatiron Institute rethinks their formation under the influence of magnetic fields.
JWST uncovers evidence of ancient “monster stars” whose extreme chemistry may explain the origins of early supermassive black ...
A strange X-ray signal spotted decades ago may be the result of a star that got attacked by two black holes, one after the ...
A Charleston astronomy professor answers astronomy students' questions about worm holes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space's many strange odors and more, ...
A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...
A faint, ancient flash of light detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the most distant ...
Most scientists agree the prolonged flash likely occurred when a black hole ate a star, but two other ideas can't be ruled ...
A seven-hour gamma-ray burst, GRB 250702B, stuns astronomers and hints at powerful new cosmic engines still unknown to science.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic ...
Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...