Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what ...

“Our analysis shows that the blast was sparked by a catastrophic encounter with a black hole companion, and is the strongest ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be a massive star exploding while trying to swallow a black hole companion, offering an ...

Black holes are dark, menacing objects with gravity so intense that not even light can escape, so you don’t want to mess with ...

It took place some 750 million light-years away, flaring into the detectors of the Zwicky Transient Facility on 7 July. At ...

"We're now entering an era where we can automatically catch these rare events as they happen, not just after the fact." ...

With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, identified the earliest stages of a supernova possibly linked to a black hole.

Scientists think a gigantic dying star tried to swallow a black hole. It didn't end well for the star, a new study says.

Scientists have discovered a peculiar supernova that may have resulted from a star's misguided attempt to swallow a black hole. The new case, soon to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, ...

In the more likely scenario, a star over 30 times the mass of our Sun was orbiting a stellar-size black hole. In the year ...

Using AI, astronomers discover a new type of supernova, SN 2023zkd, the strongest evidence yet of a dying star being ...