Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...
In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...
"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...
Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting as a lens. Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada ...
When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.
What happens to a large star near the end of its lifetime before it explodes as a supernova? This is what a recent study ...
Astronomers tracked a star that slowly faded instead of exploding. The quiet disappearance may reveal a hidden way black holes are born.
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Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions ...
In the early 1960s, Dutch astronomer Adriaan Blaauw observed stars moving at unusually high speeds moving through the Milky ...
A record-breaking neutrino detection in 2023 may mark the first time humans witnessed a primordial black hole exploding, and these ancient objects could be the dark matter holding galaxies together.