A supermassive black hole violently gobbled up an enormous star, producing a gargantuan cosmic outburst, according to a new ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

California scientists spotted the brightest flare ever recorded, shining with the light of 10 trillion suns, from a ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Data show that unidentified lights in archival astronomy images were 68% more likely to be imaged 24 hours after a nuclear ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

Press Release from The University of North Carolina Asheville: The University of North Carolina Asheville’s Department of Physics and Astronomy recently launched a new astronomy major — the first in ...