Cosmic maps appear consistent with the proposal that black holes could cause the Universe's accelerating expansion.

Key TakeawaysThe explosion of a massive star locked in a deadly orbit with a black hole has been discovered with the help of artificial intelligence ...

Astronomers using AI have captured a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event: a massive star’s violent death triggered by its black ...

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to the bone," offers a rare glimpse ...

The explosion of a massive star locked in a deadly orbit with a black hole has been discovered with the help of artificial ...

The newly found black hole is about 36 billion times the mass of the sun. That's 10,000 times heavier than Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The immense size of the ...

With time, the star builds shells of lighter elements on the outside and heavier ones inside — until the core collapses, ...

Israeli and American scientists have uncovered a never-before-seen type of supernova, shedding light on how stars produce and ...

Before exploding, a star shed most of its layers, giving a glimpse at a massive star’s deep interior. The event may represent a new kind of supernova.

A completely new supernova variant finally shows a glimpse of a star’s innermost “guts” moments before its destruction. Detailed in a study published August 20 in the journal Nature, their study ...

An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University astrophysicists, has detected a never-before-seen type of ...