Throughout the universe, bright explosions that astronomers call gamma-ray bursts blaze through space. These gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions known — a typical gamma-ray burst can produce ...

However, V Sagittae is an exceptional phenomenon: it consistently maintains an unusual brightness rather than a brief outburst, and a team led by Dr. Pasi Hakala from the University of Turku believes ...

These odd binary systems go through multiple phases. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have identified a new kind of ...

Some black holes, bound by gravity, rotate around each other, as shown in this simulated image. Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Lensing (SXS), CC BY-SA Black holes are regions of space where gravity is ...

The nearest black hole to Earth isn’t a black hole at all. Instead, what scientists thought was a stellar triplet — two stars and a black hole — is actually a pair of stars caught in a unique stage of ...

The planet was found by the way its star wobbles as it moves through space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The orbit of an ...

A team of astronomers led by Prof. HAN Zhanwen from the Yunnan Observatories (YAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Chris Wolf from Australian National University has jointly discovered a ...