Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

The results of our study provide the first solid evidence that globular clusters formed through multiple star-formation ...

Stars have a life and death-cycle. Those that are about eight times more massive than the Sun explode as supernovae at the ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by astrophysicist Michael Yeung of the Institute, a team of researchers has ...

A Mass Effect TV series is officially in the works at Amazon MGM studios. The original video game trilogy received rave ...

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

New research shows how one massive, hydrogen-depleted supergiant star in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) failed to detonate as a .

Nijmegen master's students predict that LISA, an upcoming space antenna project by the ESA, will detect stronger ...

The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.

Astronomers observed neutron star 4U 1820-30 spinning at 716 times per second, among the galaxy’s fastest, emitting bursts ...

The rich tapestry of the Horsehead Nebula pops out against the backdrop of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies that are ...