People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has shown that they can use stars and the remains they leave behind to conduct ...

A high school student in New York has stumbled onto a massive discovery — a cosmic light echo possibly spanning twice the width of the Milky Way. While scanning space for signs of dying stars, 17-year ...

While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It may be one of the largest ever seen.

One of the common misconceptions about black holes is that they devour not only matter, but also the history of that matter.

US scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery of the first ever ' black hole triple' system. This system, which breaks ...

When you think of archaeology, you might picture digging through ancient ruins or exploring hidden tombs. But scientists have ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A black hole is a terrifying concept, but the mysterious nexus of physics and space-time isn’t always gobbling up matter. While ...

Long after the black hole in the center of a galaxy sputters ... junior Julian Shapiro found while scanning the cosmos for supernova remnants. "There are these outer regions of gas being ionized ...

An international research team led by Dr. Zhang Suinan from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of ...

NASA's Chandra telescope was used to uncover the explosive past of an ancient dead star through 'space archaeology.' ...