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 ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

Scientists say an ultra-powerful neutrino once thought impossible may be explained by an exotic black hole model involving a so-called “dark charge.” ...

In 2023, a cosmic neutrino detector called KM3NeT spied an event so powerful that it challenged existing models of astronomy. The detection, captured in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, seemed to ...

In 2023, Earth was struck by a subatomic particle so energetic that, on paper, it should not exist. The neutrino, calculated ...

A supercharged neutrino that smashed into our planet in 2023 may have been spit out by an exploding primordial black hole ...

Two ways of measuring how fast the universe is expanding disagree, a puzzle known as the Hubble tension. Tiny magnetic fields ...

Steve Bannon and key pollsters warn Republicans are losing enthusiasm ahead of the 2026 midterms, as Trump's base looks tired ...

Scientists believe that studying these explosions can help understand where such powerful neutrinos came from and can also provide new information in understanding the mystery of dark matter.

Dhaka witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in the history of Bangladesh on August 21, 2004. A major grenade assault on then ...

A team of researchers argue that the detection of a powerful neutrino collision was actually a sign of an ancient black hole exploding.

Researchers suggest an ultra-energetic neutrino detected in 2023 may be debris from an exploding primordial black hole. The ...