black holes
Black hole fails to do its job
Galaxy clusters contain hundreds or thousands of galaxies pervaded by hot, X-ray emitting gas
Black hole model reveals star collapse without bright explosion
This process stops at iron. Beyond iron, energy is required to sustain fusion rather than being released by fusion
Star survives close call with a black hole
Astronomers have found many stars that have been completely torn apart by encounters with black holes (so-called tidal disruption events), but there are very few reported cases of near misses, where the star likely survived
Warped space-time reveals exoplanets
Studying the properties of exoplanet worlds will help us understand what planetary systems throughout the galaxy are like
Astronomers discover class of strange objects near our galaxy’s enormous black hole
The Earth is in the suburbs compared to the center of the galaxy, says astronomer
New theory explains how black holes shine bright
The origin of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the most mysterious objects in the universe