This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the ...

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Physicists have set a new upper limit on the mass of neutrinos. And the finding could poke a big hole in the Standard Model ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer Lorena Hernández-García.

In a star’s core, fusion takes terrific temperature and pressure that is provided by the crushing gravity of the star’s overlying mass. For a star to be relatively stable, the outward force of the ...

Scientists have uncovered the strongest evidence yet for the existence of elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), long ...