According to scientists, red supergiant stars should produce more supernovas. But astronomers just aren’t spotting them. Here ...

Luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) are among the universe's brightest and fastest explosions but their origin is ...

When the first gravitational wave (GW) was detected back in 2015, scientists said they had opened a new window into the Universe. While most of astronomy is based on detecting electromagnetic energy, ...

New research explains why some black holes are missing, showing how exploding stars stop certain black holes from forming.

Shock waves from tiny black holes in the early universe could explain how antimatter became so rare while matter is common.

The early universe is absolutely so far outside our understanding of how the world works it's hard to describe in words. Back then, the cosmos wasn't filled with stars and galaxies but with a boiling ...

The team believe that in this theoretical scenario, some black holes could have formed during the earlier cosmic phase and ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) rank among the most powerful explosions in the universe, releasing immense energy in intense flashes ...

Once a low-mass Sun-like star, SDSS J0715-7334 has reached the end of its main-sequence lifespan and is now a red giant ...

Get a first look at the completed observatory.