"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer ...

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it consumed little matter and was in a dormant state. But recently it suddenly lit ...

Scientists have observed a previously inactive supermassive black hole producing regular, powerful X-ray eruptions that ...

When T CrB does explode, it will look like a very bright star in the night sky in the Corona Borealis constellation. People around the world will be able to track its brightness, providing better ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

In a star’s core, fusion takes terrific temperature and pressure that is provided by the crushing gravity of the star’s overlying mass. For a star to be relatively stable, the outward force of the ...

Planets are eaten by dying stars as they turn into red giants and expand. Earth will be eaten by the sun in billions of years ...

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up and shooting out X-ray flares at ...

They are rich in gas and young stars, making them ideal subjects for studying galaxy evolution. The LMC and SMC are connected by a stream of gas known as the Magellanic Bridge and are slowly being ...

Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...