A new discovery challenges the previously accepted understanding of how stars interact with black holes. While it’s often said that lightning never strikes the same place twice, black holes seem to ...

Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to ...

An international team has discovered a gigantic filament of hot gas connecting two pairs of galaxy clusters over a distance ...

A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

"These are the first JWST observations of tidal disruption events, and they look nothing like what we’ve ever seen before." ...

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their ...

From glowing nebulae to Saturn’s moon casting shadows, NASA’s stunning space images capture the awe of the cosmos, revealing ...