The death of a star is one of the most dramatic natural events in the Universe. Some stars die in…
Something extraordinary happens about every 10,000 to 100,000 years in galaxies like the Milky Way. An unwary star approaches the…
Black holes are confounding objects that stretch physics to its limits. The most massive ones lurk in the centers of…
When a flash of light appears somewhere in the sky, astronomers notice. When it appears in a region of the…
When observing a black hole that devoured a star three years earlier, an international team of astronomers noticed it "burping"…
Supermassive black holes (SMBH) reside in the center of galaxies like the Milky Way. They are mind-bogglingly massive, ranging from…
Neutrinos are notoriously finicky particles. Hundreds of trillions pass through a person’s body every second, yet they hardly seem to…
When a black hole consumes a star, it does so by turning it into spaghetti first. Astronomers have seen it…
About 570 light years from Earth lies WD 1145+017, a white dwarf star. In many respects it's a typical white…
An international team of scientists recently created a unified model that shows what happens when stars are consumed by a…