Past research about black hole births rarely included magnetic fields or the spins of the precursor stars. But considering ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have uncovered a voraciously feeding and rapidly growing ...
Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small ...
The most massive stars in the universe are destined to explode as brilliant supernova before collapsing into black holes. Yet one huge star appears to have never fulfilled its destiny; in a twist of ...
Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.
Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a black hole. It was first spotted in 2018 by a camera at the Palomar Observatory in California. The cosmic outburst likely happened because ...