Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed the Lijiang 2.4-m telescope to perform optical ...

When a star in the nearby galaxy NGC 2146 exploded in late 2024, it barely registered by supernova standards. The blast, ...

A supernova - the explosive death of a star - is always violent, blasting material into space while typically leaving behind ...

The recent observations have helped the scientists to track the growth of the Crab Nebula by comparing images taken decades ...

A Mysteriously Bright Supernova Stunned Scientists: Now They Think They Know the Cause ...

Astronomers believe they have found the mysterious forbidden void between black holes that has puzzled scientists for years.

Researchers have discovered the most metal-poor, chemically primitive star ever found. Composed primarily of hydrogen and helium and containing less than 0.005% of the metals in the Sun, the chemical ...

A bizarre, record-breaking neutrino detected in 2023 may have originated from an exploding primordial black hole—a relic from ...

This artist's impression shows a stellar explosion with subtle hints of a black hole binary in the background. Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav–Swinburne ...

Indian scientists develop a novel technique combining pulsar dispersion and scattering to measure cosmic distances more ...

In the exurbs of the Milky Way, near a satellite galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, researchers have discovered the most metal-poor, chemically ...

Astronomers have identified the most primitive star ever found, similar to the first stars every born, dubbed SDSS J0715-7334 ...