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

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 ...

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

Extreme nuclear transients are 10 million times rarer than supernovae and emit the same amount of energy as 100 Suns.

Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have discovered the most energetic cosmic ...

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

Researchers estimate that MoM z14 was created 280 million years after the Big Bang, 10 million years earlier than the ...

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

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

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

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