A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white dwarf torn apart by a black hole.

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

Internationally-vetted data suggests we've witnessed a rare intermediate-mass black hole devouring a white dwarf along the outskirts of a distant galaxy.

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Author Michael Connelly and former LAPD detective Rick Jackson will discuss their contested theory linking the Zodiac ...

Every now and then, I fall down a late-night rabbit hole reading space facts, and the 30 on this list are the ones that truly messed with my brain. Fair warning: you might need a minute to recover ...

It took the artist half a century of toil in the most remote parts of Nevada to build what may be the most extreme ...

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.