A decade ago astrophysicists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), operated by the California ...

International team calculates observable quantities such as scattering angle and emitted energy with unrivalled precision.

Researchers have shown that abstract mathematical functions from the frontiers of theoretical physics have a real-world use ...

UC Berkeley astronomers discovered a rogue black hole devouring a star 2,600 lightyears from its galaxy's core — the first ...

Chinese scientists in collaboration with international researchers have successfully achieved high-resolution imaging of ...

Arizona's desert landscape is perfect for stargazing. In Tucson, you can visit a historic observatory with one of the most ...

Astronomers have observed a rogue supermassive black hole, located off-center from its home galaxy, tearing apart a star ...

The sudden, bright flare from the event was picked up by the Zwicky Transient Facility, a sky-surveying optical camera ...

Astronomers are unraveling the mystery behind Ansky, a black hole system emitting powerful, repeating X-ray bursts called ...

At the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the UT4 telescope doesn’t just observe the stars—it actively creates artificial stars to ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.