Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings occurs between two orbiting black holes, formed after their massive ...

Everything about the Infinity galaxy is unusual. It looks very strange and it has a supermassive black hole pulling a lot of ...

In a series of observations that read like science fiction, astronomers now suspect they have watched a star quite literally ...

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

It sounds like something from the plot of Interstellar, but this plan to beam precious data back to Earth—before it’s lost ...

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Astronomers have noticed a long and very unusual luminous trail in their observations. This stretched structure, where stars seem to be born spontaneously, raises a question: what colossal phenomenon ...

A woman said she was left "terrified" after a goose crashed through her front door as she watched television. Lynne Sewell said she initially thought a loud bang was someone trying to kick the door in ...