For decades, scientists have known black holes often come in pairs. These binary systems feature a black hole locked in a ...

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has identified four previously unknown primordial open cluster (OC) groups in ...

Powerful flares on highly-magnetic neutron stars called magnetars could produce up to 10% of the universe’s gold, silver and platinum, according to a new study. What is more, astronomers may have ...

Discover how 200+ self-inflicted snakebites led to a universal antivenom, why magnetars may forge cosmic metals like gold, ...

Astronomers have explained how a galaxy cluster maintains its heat, despite emitting X-rays that cool the hot gas at its center. The group discovered the existence of a fast-moving, high-temperature ...

First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

By combining observations from NASA’s powerful Chandra X-ray Observatory and Australia’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Country, astronomers zeroed in on an object named ASKAP J1832−0911 (or simply ...

A celestial object some 15,000 light-years away is emitting bright flashes of radio and X-rays that scientists are struggling ...

Located 15,000 light-years away in a region of the Milky Way brimming with stars, gas and dust, this object could be a highly magnetized dead star like a neutron or white dwarf, Curtin University’s ...

Binary star systems are pairs of stars held together by gravity, orbiting a common center of mass. More than half of all ...

The stars in a binary can vary widely in mass, size, and brightness, and their interactions often shape their evolution in ...

The origin of gold stretches far beyond Earth’s surface, rooted deep in cosmic events that shaped the universe. This fascinating journey begins billions of years ago with massive supernova explosions ...