As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the ...

Science fiction is full of amazing space phenomena. Some of those phenomena have gone from theory to reality — like black holes and pulsars. But what about wormholes? These portals through space are ...

Simply put, a black hole is a region of space-time where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it. This includes light, which travels at the cosmic speed limit of 186,000 miles per second.

The younger black hole, the product of a cataclysmic cosmic event known as a black hole merger, was first spotted in 2019. Now, about 6 years later, a team of international researchers led by the ...

In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times the mass of the sun), supermassive black holes (millions to billions of times ...

UCLA astronomers report the discovery of a remarkable star that orbits the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy in a blistering 11.5 years — the shortest known orbit of any star ...

The banner over the bar stated “Science Is Real,” and on a recent Monday night, the science was very real. “Astronomy on Tap Charlottesville,” which has brought the wonders of the universe to ...