For centuries, humans have been trying to figure out the ultimate destiny of the universe, will it collapse, freeze, or ...

An unlucky star came into contact with a roaming black hole and was ripped apart in a peculiar celestial occurrence.

New calculations suggest that the universe's most enduring celestial objects, such as white dwarf stars, are decaying faster ...

Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its galaxy ripping a star to shreds — offering for the first time ...

The terminal forecast, while gloomy, may help "unravel" the mysteries of a curious form of radiation, researchers said.

In an idealized universe with no external interference, even the most stubborn stars, called white dwarfs, would vanish after ...

Around 13.8 billion years ago, a tiny but dense fireball gave birth to the vast cosmos that holds trillions of galaxies, ...

The universe is decaying much faster than thought. This is shown by calculations of three Dutch scientists on the so-called ...

Previous studies that didn’t factor Hawking radiation into their equations have put a white dwarf’s lifespan at 10¹¹⁰⁰ years.

Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place.

The sonification of WR 124 begins with a descending scream-like sound near the star’s hot core and incorporates musical ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — Scientists have discovered key conditions needed for a stellar black hole to create plasma jets. Their findings show that when superheated gas material experiences a rapid ...