Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

The bold question-askers at What If imagine the cosmic consequences of a collision between a black hole and a white hole.

"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

The bold question-askers at What If explore why having a black hole in our Solar System would be a catastrophic scenario.

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

These black holes are the most distant and stable objects we know. Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry ...

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...