A mysterious cosmic explosion linked to gravitational waves may reveal a previously unknown type of supernova event - a ...

NASA’s NEOWISE has allowed astronomers to get the best and most complete view of a star collapsing into a black hole ever recorded.

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known ...

Only one such event had been documented previously, a star recorded vanishing around 2010 in a galaxy 22 million light-years ...

Imagine medalling at the Olympics and using your victory lap to hash over your messy sex life. Time and place, I would have thought.

Astronomers recently watched a massive star die, but fail to explode as a supernova. Instead, it collapsed directly into a black hole, slowly expelling its turbulent outer layers in the process. This ...

The team discovered the star by analyzing archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission. They used a prediction from the 1970s that theorized that when a star underwent direct collapse, it would leave ...

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's ...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has turned the spotlight on his Formula 1 rivals, declaring Red Bull the early “benchmark” under Formula 1’s new rules as he dismissed the pre-season hype over his own team as ...

Though he won’t be donning a pair of ice skates or skis in Italy this month, Mickey Beyer-Clausen still has a connection to ...

There are 21 NBA rookies and sophomores and seven G League stars (plus one injury replacement) in the NBA Rising Stars Challenge. Let's rank 'em all.