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Astronomers Trace Andromeda Star's Quiet Collapse Into a Black Hole

A Science study ties a 2014 infrared outburst to an optical disappearance consistent with direct collapse.

Black Hole’s Delayed Tidal Disruption Jet Keeps Surging, Now 50× Brighter

Star-Shredding Black Hole’s Radio Jet Still Surging, With Peak Predicted Around 2027

Solar Orbiter Study Finds Large Solar Flare Triggered by 'Magnetic Avalanche'

Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas May Explain JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’

Supermassive Black Hole in J1007+3540 Restarts Jets After 100 Million Years

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds

Astronomers Spot Long-Lived Bow Shock Around Diskless White Dwarf, Defying Models

Hubble Data Tie Betelgeuse’s 6-Year Variations to Hidden Companion’s Gas Wake

NASA’s SPHEREx Releases First Full-Sky Infrared Map in 102 Colors

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Makes Closest Pass to Earth at About 168 Million Miles

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

NASA Details Roman Telescope’s Milky Way Map and Dark Energy Void Surveys as Launch Prep Advances

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Faint X-Ray Halo as Safe Dec. 19 Flyby Nears

Study Reports First Clear Evidence of Black Hole Frame-Dragging

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

Real-Time Black Hole Flare Triggers Ultrafast Wind at 20% Light Speed

Early Interferometric Images Recast Novae as Multi-Stage, Directional Eruptions

Cosmic-Ray Theory Raised in JetBlue A320 Plunge as Airbus Updates Fleet

Gemini South Marks 25 Years With New Butterfly Nebula Image