In one of the biggest upsets of the Olympic Games boxing competition, two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen (50kg) bowed out after a 0-5 loss to Asian Games gold-medallist Wu Yu.

Bow shocks exist around other astrospheres, as seen in these images taken by multiple telescopes. New IBEX data show that our heliosphere moves through interstellar space too slowly to produce a bow ...

The phenomenon of stellar bow shocks arises when high-velocity stars, known as runaway stars, traverse the interstellar medium at supersonic speeds. As these stars emit powerful stellar winds, the ...

Astronomers found a rainbow-shaped bow shock around white dwarf RXJ0528+2838. The discovery challenges current models of white dwarf behavior and evolution. Strong magnetic fields may create outflows ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a bow shock around a very young star called LL Ori. Named for the crescent-shaped wave made by a ship as it moves through water, a bow shock can be created in ...