Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s illustration depicts the longest gamma ray burst ever detected, GRB 250702B (left of center), erupting within its ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

This summer, astronomers detected a gamma ray burst (GRB) so powerful that they’re still struggling to explain what caused it. These cosmic explosions are typically produced by stars dying in a ...

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to multiple wonders. There is our biggest star, VY Canis Majoris, the column-like structures known as the Pillars of Creation, and, in the middle of it all, a ...

A scientist has detailed the somewhat terrifying reality of what would someone would see or feel if they fell into a black ...