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

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.

For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large ...

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

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

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

The truth is out there. Astronomers say they’re stunned by an unidentified object flashing strange signals from deep space.

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

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

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

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