Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

Scientists have discovered the first clear case of a planet causing its host star to flare, offering new insights into the ...

A major gang crackdown sparks heated debate over juvenile justice, incarceration policies, and California support for law ...

We do the same with stars.' Sometimes a star is pulled too close to a black hole and is torn apart. This releases an enormous amount of light: a flare. This event betrays the presence of a black hole.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

The Solar Flare event was a special admin-triggered weather event that took place in Grow a Garden on June 28, 2025. As with other weather events, there was a ...

A wandering supermassive black hole is inflicting terror on passing stars, creating a horror scene in space. Located 600 million light-years away, this monster cosmic body is invisible and quietly ...

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...