Researchers, including a Rutgers astronomer, reveal new insights into a star's death in its final momentsA team of scientists, including Rutgers-New ...

The first-ever detection of gravitational waves was made 10 years ago today (Sept. 14). In celebration, Space.com takes you ...

New X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra telescope reveals Cassiopeia A’s chaotic final hours, showing how dying stars collapse and explode.

In 1932, a new set of eyes on the universe were opened thanks to an accidental discovery by Karl Jansky. The young engineer from Bell Laboratories in the U.S., was looking for the source of static ...

Binary star systems are not rare. Neither are systems where one star is a remnant like a white dwarf or neutron star, and its companion is on the main sequence. In those systems, the dense remnant can ...

In a significant breakthrough, astronomers have recently discovered a “ghost star” nestled within the remnants of a supernova ...

A new AI-powered tool has reduced astronomers' workload by 85% - filtering through thousands of data alerts to identify the few genuine signals caused ...

The LIGO-Virgo-Kagra collaboration presents the loudest gravitational wave signal from two merging black holes, confirming ...

Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in September 2015.

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by Oxford University can filter thousands of data alerts, identifying a few real signals generated by supernovae (the intense explosions that occur when ...

Scientists using the Chandra X-ray telescope have uncovered new details about the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

stellar collisions detected, including rare black hole–neutron star mergers, reshaping our view of star death and cosmic ...