Scientists discover a star, HD 254577, that survived a supernova and is now racing through space, revealing how the explosion ...

A supernova is always violent, but some supernovas may be so immensely powerful they leave absolutely nothing behind.

Researchers have used stellar evolution simulations to trace the future of ATLAS J1138-5139, an ultra-compact double white ...

Utilizing the stellar evolution code named Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA), Chinese astronomers have ...

Astronomers believe they have found the mysterious forbidden void between black holes that has puzzled scientists for years.

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are particularly special types of black hole, thought to have been formed from dense pockets of ...

Astronomers studying gravitational waves have found statistical evidence for a long-predicted class of stellar explosion so powerful it can tear apart the cores of the most massive stars in the ...

Eastern Michigan University astronomy professor Tom Kasper discusses his teaching, career path, technology developments in ...

"For the most part, massive stars make black holes. The more massive the star, the heavier the black hole," Fishbach said, until stars reach a certain mass threshold beyond which the physics of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study reveals that stretched, not tilted, disks may explain strange brightness patterns in binary star systems. (CREDIT: S.

New UNLV-led research is helping to unravel clues to a cosmic mystery that has eluded scientists for decades. Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are binary star systems in which primary stars—incredibly ...

Faint flickers in the night sky have puzzled astronomers for decades. These subtle changes in brightness come from violent star systems, where one star feeds on another. Now, new research from the ...