Two papers authored by astronomer Beatriz Villarroel claim to show that thousands of “transients” in historic astronomical ...

Observation of the night sky, before the advent of satellites, was assumed to be free of the artificial bright points that ...

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a black hole. It was first spotted in 2018 by a camera at the Palomar Observatory in California. The cosmic outburst likely happened because ...

Former President George W. Bush says Dick Cheney was a “decent, honorable man” whose death is “a loss to the nation.” ...

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California scientists spotted the brightest flare ever recorded, shining with the light of 10 trillion suns, from a ...

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla’s biggest investors says it will vote against a proposed compensation package ...

I keep a list of “hikes to do” on my desk, written on a fading sticky note. Taped down at the corners, it’s been there long ...

Bonners Ferry, a small town on Idaho’s northern border, has long had strong bonds with Canada. When the city installed flag poles at its town entrance in ...