"We are dealing with very extreme events." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered a "dead star" neutron star ...

In astronomy, appearances can be deceiving, especially when you're looking at objects that are both distant and complex. Glowing clouds of gas are often grouped under the catch-all term "nebula," but ...

A Death Star is born. As if regular old star-gobbling black holes weren’t terrifying enough, scientists discovered that certain types swivel around and shoot beams at various objects in the cosmos, ...