In a significant breakthrough, astronomers have recently discovered a “ghost star” nestled within the remnants of a supernova ...

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Science advances through data that don't fit our current understanding. At least that was Thomas Kuhn's theory in his famous ...

A decade after the first discovery, scientists have used these waves to find a unique merger, a massive binary system and a ...

Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever ...

Explore the limits of approaching a neutron star. See how its extreme gravity and radiation make getting close impossible.

James Webb Telescope Discovers Strange Planet with Carbon Atmosphere Surrounding a Pulsar!

A giant explosion that lit up the sky didn't just rock the cosmos – it absolutely rattled our understanding of the Universe's ...

Back in 1971, the late physicist Stephen Hawking made an intriguing prediction: The total surface area of a black hole cannot decrease, only increase or remain stable. So if two black holes combine, ...

In the Universe, thermonuclear fusion is a common reaction: it is the source of energy for stars. On Earth producing energy ...

Scientists led by Tel Aviv University’s Tomer Shenar, with Hugues Sana of KU Leuven and Julia Bodensteiner of the University ...

The title of the program is “The Lightest and Heaviest Elements and their Isotopes as Powerful Groundater Tracers.” The ...