A new kind of stellar explosion, far brighter and longer-lasting than supernovae, may help scientists explore the secrets of ...

Betelgeuse dimmed dramatically, prompting theories of an impending supernova. Instead, astronomers uncovered an even stranger ...

In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than images from ground-based telescopes. In August of that year, Hubble made one of ...

The team suggests that if there are small mountains on pulsars, China’s FAST (Five- hundred-meter Aperture Spherical ...

The World Economic Forum has announced the 2025 cohort of its Technology Pioneers community, a group of 100 early-stage ...

This is Jerusalem, where an uneasy peace is holding. The site of so much conflict over the past 1000 years and the centre of ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Jurors in Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial wrapped up their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict for the ...