A giant star in the Andromeda Galaxy has vanished without a trace, leaving scientists puzzled and intrigued. First observed ...

Two new studies have taken a look at an unusual event in Andromeda, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, where a giant ...

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, ...

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, which leave behind a black hole or a neutron star, are so energetic they can ...