Researchers at the University of Cologne and Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) have discovered the fastest known star, which...
A star near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy originated outside the galaxy according...
A ridiculous scientific paper could show one journal’s failure to review, and could even be generated by A.I.Peer review is...
How fast can a neutron star drive powerful jets into space? The answer, it turns out, is about one-third the...
Astronomers have made a rare discovery in the early universe involving two actively feeding supermassive black holes—or quasars—just 10,000 light-years...
With the help of detailed observations, astronomers have managed to get a first representative glimpse of the numerous young stars...
A group of researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia have discovered a potential “cosmic...
Large amounts of gas are sometimes funneled to a galaxy’s nuclear regions, with profound consequences. The gas triggers starburst activity...
In the far reaches of the Universe, a supermassive black hole is throwing a tantrum. It’s blowing a tremendous wind...
Roughly every 114 days, almost like clockwork, a galaxy 570 million light-years away lights up like a firework. Since at...
An international effort led by astrophysicists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and the Technical University of Denmark...
Looks can be deceiving. The light from an incandescent bulb seems steady, but it flickers 120 times per second. Because...