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Gravitational-Wave Study Says the Biggest Black Holes Grow Through Repeat Mergers

An analysis of 153 LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA detections flags a mass transition near 45 solar masses that matches a predicted gap from pair-instability.

Hubble Marks 36 Years With Sharper Trifid Nebula Portrait That Shows Change

XRISM Confirms White Dwarf Powers Gamma Cassiopeiae’s Extreme X-Rays

Nature Study Links Superluminous Supernova to Newborn Magnetar Through Relativistic 'Chirp'

Science Study Details Andromeda Star’s Disappearance, Pointing to Black Hole Birth

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

JWST Spots Record-Distant Supernova Tied to March Gamma-Ray Burst

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

Webb Maps Four Dust Spirals and Confirms Third Star in Rare Apep Wolf-Rayet System

Webb Reveals 8-Light-Year Protostellar Jet, Bolstering Massive-Star Formation Theory

Day-Long, Repeating Gamma-Ray Burst From Distant Galaxy Challenges Standard Models

Brightest Fast Radio Burst Precisely Located in Nearby Galaxy Using CHIME Outriggers

Nature Study Reveals Rare Supernova That Exposed a Star’s Inner Layers

Black Hole-Star Encounter Likely Sparked Rare Double-Peaked Supernova

LVK Confirms Record-Breaking 225-Solar-Mass Black Hole Merger

Trapped Jets in Massive Stars Revealed as Source of Fast X-Ray Transients