In a baffling cosmic mystery, astronomers have reported a star that appeared to vanish without a trace. One night it was there, shining bright—and the next, it was gone. No explosion, no fading, no ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

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

Astronomers confirm a wandering black hole in our galaxy’s Sagittarius region using Hubble and Gaia microlensing data.

It’s the reason we send space probes to far reaches of our solar system and into deep ... a stellar-mass black hole, while others thought it might be a less massive neutron star.

Since black holes absorb any light that falls into them, the only sign of their ... because the chances of them lining up with a large star are so slim. Black holes are the ultra-dense remains ...

If the conditions are just right, the gas cloud collapses into a gigantic, star-like structure that can weigh over 10,000 solar masses. Immediately, a black hole forms in its core, which then ...

The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the black hole's ... Massive Black Hole in the Early Universe Spotted Taking a 'Nap' After Overeating Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists ...

Unravelling puzzling behaviour The gravity of a black hole captures matter that gets too close and can rip it apart. The matter from a captured star, for example, would be spread into a hot ...