Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

Physicists propose that high-energy photon jets from collapsing stars may be secret factories of heavy elements like ...

"The creation of heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium necessitates extreme conditions," said physicist Matthew ...

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

Capable of peering through cosmic dust that once obscured astronomical features from view by past space observatories, the new data is revealing more profound insights into the hidden processes of ...

Though he shares limited screen time, his presence grounds the film in emotional reality before the plot launches into black hole metaphysics. While Casey Affleck later takes over as older Tom ...

Now, researchers led by Los Alamos National Laboratory have proposed a bold new idea: that stars collapsing into black holes can blast jets of energy that turn parts of the star into a flood of ...

"Our findings pave the way for rigorous examinations of black holes and the exploration of new physics in gravity." ...

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have found that a black hole that shredded a star has moved onto a another star or stellar black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hoba ...