Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

Scientists have uncovered the long-sought mechanism behind low-field magnetars, showing that supernova fallback material ...

Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

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Supernovae are one of the most useful events in all of astronomy. Scientists can directly measure their power, their spin, ...

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

The supermassive black hole has been sending out flashes that have increased in speed. Astronomers say they have never seen anything like it before. The black hole is known as 1ES 1927+654 ...

But once its fuel runs out, gravity wins: the star implodes, and most of its mass becomes either a neutron star—an ultradense object about the size of a city—or a black hole. The rest explodes ...