Observing the Universe often means contemplating phenomena that occurred millions of years ago. But sometimes, the ...
This video zooms in on the gamma-ray burst GRB 250702B. It combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The journey begins with a wide-field view of the ...
Two ultra-dense stars spiral into each other, smashing at near light-speed and releasing energy that warps space itself. This ...
Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have made a bold prediction: there is a more than 90% probability that our telescopes could witness a black hole explode within the next 10 years.
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe in a galaxy cluster 390 million light years away. At the center of the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, there is a supermassive black ...