Space has a way of making scientists throw out their textbooks. Just when astronomers think they understand how the universe ...

A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...

Intense gravitational lensing means you’d be able to see much more of a neutron star standing on its surface than you would ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way may actually be the first evidence for an elusive "dark" phenomenon, new ...

A couple months back, astronomers officially confirmed the existence of “Betelbuddy,” Betelgeuse’s long-suspected companion ...

When the remnants of two stars collide, their union can launch a dazzling jet of high energy matter. A new computer simulation reveals how the merger, which forms a black hole, emits that bright beam, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving new clues about the origin of a class of mysterious objects. A team ...