Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to ...

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes formed without stars.

A monstrous black hole in a distant galaxy has earned itself a nickname worthy of a science-fiction horror movie for its gluttonous feasting on any stars that dare get near. Meet "Space Jaws." NASA ...

Here is what you will learn when you read this story: Little red dots (LRDs) observed by the James Webb Space Telescope were initially thought to be galaxies, but something was amiss. Researchers who ...

Dr. Bernard Harris is a medical doctor, astronaut, and venture capitalist. In 1995, he became the first African American to do a space walk. He attributes his success to education, and his foundation ...

Supermassive black holes are an anomaly that sits quietly at the centers of galaxies, holding gas and stars closer with their powerful gravity. But now scientists have discovered a mind-boggling ...

Black holes are often considered terrors of the known universe. Supermassive black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to ...