Black holes of all masses are somewhat mysterious. We know that massive stars can collapse and form stellar-mass black holes ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

Black holes don't have many identifying features. They come in one colour (black) and one shape (spherical).Authors David Parkinson Research ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy that is defying conventional understanding. Growing ...

The phenomenon defies our current understanding of stellar evolution. The research was led ... In M31-2014-DS1's case, the neutrino shock wasn't revived and about 98% of its mass collapsed into a ...

This is not carelessness, but the possible discovery of a rare stellar event in the Andromeda galaxy. A red supergiant star ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...