Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe ...

Astronomers propose dark dwarfs—objects powered by dark matter annihilation—may exist near the galactic center, offering key clues about WIMPs.

The black hole in question is 1ES 1927+654, located around 270 million light-years from Earth, with a mass around 1.4 billion times that of the sun. 1ES 1927+654 first announced its weirdness to ...

In the portraits of the ladies who belonged to that dissolute court managed by Louis XIV of France, there often appears the dark and ambiguous figure of a black dwarf. In an article published by ...

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.

Astronomers theorize that a low-mass white dwarf, a compact core of a dead star about as large as Earth, could be the culprit. A cosmic mystery surrounding a black hole some 270 million light ...

Doomed star circling supermassive black hole could be ripped apart in less than 6 years; ... That is because as the black hole drags the white dwarf inward, the dead star is shedding material.