The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it ...

A machine learning method has the potential to revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy. Detecting binary neutron star mergers ...

Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the pair are in close orbit, the heavier of the two theoretically accumulates ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.

a PhD researcher at the University of Warwick in England and lead author of the study published in the journal Nature Astronomy. open image in gallery Artist's impression of a red dwarf (left ...

The various beaches in and around Sidmouth are topped with pebble, shingle and dark red sand and the rock pools are a big hit with the children. When the conditions are right, surfers also venture out ...

As a new study published in the journal Nature explains, scientists were able to learn just ... wanted to learn what kinds of "songs" these stars have to sing. These astronomy researchers learned that ...

The origin and the central engine of GRBs have long been pending for identification. Now a joint observation by LEIA and ...