V1674 Herculis was a record-breaker. It erupted in the constellation Hercules on June 12, 2021, and skyrocketed to peak ...

An astronomer has captured what is believed to be the first video recording of a lunar impact flash on the island of Ireland, according to Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP). The lunar impact ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, discovered a rapid explosion of matter around the supermassive black hole NGC 3783 at speeds of up to 20 % the speed of light. The study was ...

In the beginning, there was nothing. Then bang. Our Universe emerged in an explosion of light and energy. Current theories say that it all began 13.7 billion years ago. Or did it? Let's shed some ...

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, mysterious ...