A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

There has been one other instance of a star mysteriously disappearing, a “failed supernova candidate” dubbed N6946-BH1 that “underwent an outburst in 2009 and has since disappeared in the optical,” ...

A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...

A watched pot never boils and love happens when you least expect it -- turns out, the same logic applies to capturing a star ...

A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on itself and formed a black hole.

According to a leading theory, black holes form when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel, triggering an explosive ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

Marchin’ On! I’d guess that a clear majority of JJ readers have at least one recording by at least one of the Heath Brothers – bassist Percy worked with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, ...

On a clear night, the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy look like close neighbors. In space, they really are.