Astronomers have spotted the remnant of a rare type of supernova explosion. It's called a Type Iax supernova, and it's…
Some of the most stunningly powerful objects in the sky aren’t necessarily the prettiest to look at. But their secrets…
The gas and dust cast off by a supernova explosion keeps moving at a high speed for centuries.
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has spotted a distant black hole shooting out jets of material, at close to the speed…
Can black holes be famous? If they can, then the one at the heart of the M87 galaxy qualifies. And…
A team of researchers at the University of Oklahoma have discovered "planetary mass bodies" outside of the Milky Way. They…
Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with an unusually regular feeding schedule. The behemoth is an active galactic…
For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed a coronal mass ejection (CME) on a star other than our very…
A rogue star is one that has escaped the gravitational pull of its home galaxy. These stars drift through intergalactic…
An international team of researchers was able to accurately measure the effect that a supernova shock wave had on the…