Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ventures too close—be it star, planet, or spacecraft—will be stretched and ...

"For XRISM, Cygnus X-3 is a Goldilocks target." Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating binary system that is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the black hole binary system Cygnus X-3 compact object likely a black hole ...

Wolk A black hole’s destructive power unfolds as scientists discover a stellar collision in a galaxy’s core. A torn-apart star forms a debris disk that encounters a second star, triggering repeating X ...

Such bright objects are referred to as "quasars" and can outshine the combined light of every star in the galaxies they live in. However, the processes that allow black holes to reach ...

Black holes are among the oddest objects believed to populate the universe. Long sought, they have recently been "found" lurking in the centers of galaxies, tipping the scales at a million to a ...

Black holes are some of the most violent objects in the universe. They are created from the deaths of massive stars. When a star reaches the end of its life, it collapses under its gravity ...

Then they considered whether a tidal disruption event -- the destruction of a star that wandered too close to one of the black holes -- could be the cause. Finally, they settled on another ...

A kilonova, first detected in 2017, occurs when two neutron stars—or a neutron star and a black hole—collide. As they spiral together, they generate powerful gravitational waves. The impact results in ...

This result hinges on a strange possible property of black holes that form when a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses. Called “cosmological coupling,” this theory states that black ...