Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

Impressively, capturing an image of Betelbuddy was only the start of the discoveries. The researchers had anticipated the ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

The collision and merger of two neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars—are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be ...

New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...

Scientists recreated the Milky Way’s history using supercomputers to track where dark matter should collect and collide.

New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts how the merger unfolds, including the composition and structure of the merger ...