Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer Lorena Hernández-García.

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our sun) lurk at the center of most galaxies, ...

In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump’s view couldn’t be more colonial — White European colonizers were embattled beacons of civilization, rationality, and ...

A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...

In a nutshell A ticking cosmic time bomb lies just 160 light-years from Earth: Astronomers have discovered a rare double ...

The black-and-white aerial clip, resembling drone footage, appeared to show dozens of people gathered before a massive ...

Earlier this month, Misfits and Danzig frontman Glenn Danzig kicked off his brief United States tour (with support from Down, ...

A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation ... but it will jump to a magnitude +2 during the ...

Meanwhile, after a long marathon of negotiations, the White House confirmed that both the warring nations have agreed to halt strikes in the Black Sea region and on energy infrastructure.