A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen ...

“ENTs are different beasts,” study lead author and astronomer Jason Hinkle explained in an accompanying statement. “Not only ...

In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded.

Was the “Big Bang” a cosmic rebound? New study suggests the Universe may have started inside a giant black hole.

Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful ...

European astronomers have investigated a galaxy cluster designated CIZA J2242.8+5301, dubbed the Sausage cluster. The ...

A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, long considered inevitable, may be in question ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new ultracompact binary of the AM CVn type exhibiting ...

One of the ENTs studied in this work, named Gaia18cdj, released 25 times more energy than the most powerful supernova on ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

The brutal star-destroying tidal disruption event is only the second ever seen in interacting galaxies.

Some scientists think they discovered a new dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25 ...