"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very unlikely." ...

"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

The bold question-askers at What If imagine the cosmic consequences of a collision between a black hole and a white hole.

The bold question-askers at What If venture beyond the event horizon to speculate what could lie inside a black hole.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...

The Helix Galaxy, located 42 million light years away, is an unusual object as it is both a polar ring and a lenticular ...

According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...

Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

Audrey Lang named an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for black ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...