A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known as a “ring of fire,” will only be visible in Antarctica.

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

The team discovered the star by analyzing archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission. They used a prediction from the 1970s that theorized that when a star underwent direct collapse, it would leave ...

A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...

The object that caused the fireball may have been a small shard of a larger asteroid. When you purchase through links on our ...

An automobile manufacturer that makes cars under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram names issued a “do not drive” warning for ...

As temperatures plunged across Florida this week, residents woke to a now familiar but still startling sight: iguanas lying ...

The Innkeepers, The Changeling, and The Most Dangerous Game are all among the absolute most underrated horror movies of the ...

Physicists have not yet watched a black hole literally blow itself apart, but they are closing in on the conditions where ...

A new sunspot group has quickly grown and is spewing out the most intense type of solar flare. Effects on Earth are forecast ...

SHINee's Onew will be releasing new music! After hinting at an upcoming album release at his "ONEW THE LIVE : PERCENT (%)" ...