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A Black Hole or Neutron Star Fell Into Another Star and Triggered a Supernova
What happens when you slam a neutron star (or black hole, take your pick) into a companion star? A supernova,…
A Black Hole Emitted a Flare Away From us, but its Intense Gravity Redirected the Blast Back in our Direction
Using the XMM-Newton and NuSTAR X-ray telescopes, an international team of scientists were able to see light coming from behind…
One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through
A new study by a team of theoretical astrophysicists shows that stable wormholes could exist, but don't expect them to…
Fastest Star Ever Seen is Moving at 8% the Speed of Light
A star orbiting the black hole in the center of our galaxy is moving so fast it can only be…
There’s a Black Hole With 34 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun, Eating Roughly a Star Every Day
In the 1960s, astronomers began theorizing that there might be black holes in the Universe that are so massive -…
About 3.5 Million Years Ago, a Stream of Gas Outside the Milky Way Would Have Lit Up the Night Sky
It's a truism to point out that modern humans have only been around for the blink of an eye, relative…
Light Behaves Really Strangely Around a Black Hole
A new study led by Caltech researchers show that light can be reflected off of a black hole's disk by…
How Interferometry Works, and Why it’s so Powerful for Astronomy
When astronomers talk about an optical telescope, they often mention the size of its mirror. That's because the larger your…
M87’s Black Hole is Firing Out Jets that Travel 99% the Speed of Light
Can black holes be famous? If they can, then the one at the heart of the M87 galaxy qualifies. And…
There’s a Ring of Cool Gas Wrapped Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
There's a lot going on at the center of our galaxy. A supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A-Star resides there,…