A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...

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.

Humanity has worked itself into a position where we can detect a single high-energy particle from space and wonder where in ...

"This provides observational evidence of black hole formation in real time, suggests that many black holes may form without ...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has turned the spotlight on his Formula 1 rivals, declaring Red Bull the early “benchmark” under Formula 1’s new rules as he dismissed the pre-season hype over his own team as ...

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's ...

Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to ...

It is easy to observe when stars explode in a supernova and become a black hole. It is different when they simply collapse.

This optical supercell traps sunlight, then amplifies its intensity up to 6,000×, creating a light surge scientists compare to thousands of panels ...

"Imagine if the star Betelgeuse suddenly disappeared. Everybody would lose their minds!" The post Scientists Intrigued as Prominent Star Suddenly Winks Out of Existence appeared first on Futurism.

The team discovered the star by analyzing archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission. They used a prediction from the 1970s that theorized that when a star underwent direct collapse, it would leave ...