Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s concept of a supermassive black hole launching a jet of particles and radiation into space. (Elen11/Getty Images) The ...

Through a systematic, multi-year monitoring with China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese scientists have, for the first time, witnessed the year-to-year evolution ...

You might think only billion-dollar telescopes and professional observatories can contribute to cutting-edge space science.

Astronomers are finally catching a star in the act of dying, not as a static before-and-after snapshot but as a live, evolving drama that is unfolding far faster than theory predicted. Instead of a ...

T Coronae Borealis, the Blaze Star, may flare up and become visible to the naked eye in 2026. Astronomers predict a rare outburst in Corona Borealis.

Astronomers witnessed a star emitting as much energy in mere moments as our sun puts out in a few months. The dramatic observation gives a direct look into the brutal physics of these stellar events.

Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The newly detected supernova, named SN Eos, exploded when the universe was ...

Studying tree rings helped scientists pinpoint when Mount Rainier last sent a lahar down its steep slopes, which could help planners anticipate future mudflows. By Katherine Kornei Katherine Kornei ...

A massive star in a nearby galaxy that reached the end of its life appears to have vanished rather than blown up, forming a black hole in what astronomers think is a rare way. The most common black ...

KILAUEA, Hawaii (Island News) – The 40th episode of the ongoing Halema’uma’u eruption came and went on Monday. The eruption started at approximately 8:22 a.m. according to USGS. It ended at 6:04 p.m., ...