A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

In a galaxy far, far away, a black hole is whipping up winds so powerful that human minds back on Earth can hardly fathom their scale. For the first time, a team of global astronomers has been able to ...

A flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds of more than 37,000 miles per SECOND, reveals new research. X-ray space ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using ...

The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals that massive exploding stars can forge far more of life's essential ingredients ...

The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals that massive exploding stars can forge far more of life's essential ingredients ...

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show that the stars and planets are made of the same elements found here on Earth.

In a scene that could be out of a Pixar movie, two adorable robots crawled across a simulated surface of the moon in search of water. One rover even looks a bit like WALL-E. The excursion is not for ...

For years, scientists thought they understand what happens when stars explode. New earliest-ever mages of supernova events ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...