Astronomers have found more ORCs in the years since those initial discoveries, and some of them also appear to have a galaxy ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already shows a remarkably ...

The St. Lawrence Market Complex, which includes St. Lawrence Hall and the North and South Market buildings, has served as a City landmark for more than 200 years and remains one of the most valuable ...

better known as Tabby's Star, is almost certainly not surrounded by a structure built by a technologically advanced alien civilization. In reality, the star's odd dimming and brightening quality ...

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova ...

Humanity may be about to experience the first supernova visible to the naked eye in over 400 years, as a supergiant star appears to be close to exploding. Not one to be overshadowed by 'trade wars', ...

Just as seismic waves help scientists study Earth's interior, these stellar quakes offer a way to infer a star’s internal structure. "Each [star] has its own resonant frequencies, predetermined ...

Astronomers from the Czech Republic and Argentina have employed the Gemini South telescope to observe a yellow supergiant star designated ... as seen in the Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) and ...