21 ‘one in a million’ giant dead stars have been found hiding around sun-like stars
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How do some black holes get so big? The James Webb Space Telescope may have an answer
Usually, the funniest news is in the black hole around the biggest, baddest and most violent vacancies we can imagine. I’m talking about supermassive black …
Astronomers discover a strange new type of star hidden in the center of our galaxy
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The mystery of giant ‘Cosmic ORCs’ — odd radio circles that encompass entire galaxies — may be solved
Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of cosmic ORCs, or “odd radio rings” as they are officially called, which are so large that they …
The mysterious origin of long gamma-ray bursts may finally be revealed
A screenshot from a computer simulation shows jets pushing the material around a black hole created by a merger to send out long gamma-ray bursts. …