Stars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova first, a new study of a bizarre binary star system suggests. When you purchase through links on ...

The research suggests that these stars might be collapsing directly into black holes due to their incredible mass. This process would cause them to disappear instantly without leaving any trace.

Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Out in the universe lie dead stellar remnants called neutron stars, and these stars ... so-called Chandrasekhar limit), collapsing under its own gravity.

A star that mysteriously ... tears the star apart. Some stars might be so massive that the shock wave doesn’t have enough oomph to push against the onrush of collapsing star stuff.

This dying red giant had only recently mysteriously dimmed its shine after ... Betelgeuse, one of the most visible stars in the Earth's sky, is behaving very weirdly. The red giant — a star ...

Here’s how it works. Most of the universe's gold, uranium and other heavy elements are generated from rapidly whirling collapsing stars, a new study finds. The universe's three lightest elements ...

Light that escapes collapsing stars and dust clouds may sport an unusually blue hue. Light emitted within these gravitationally unstable objects can get compressed and thus become bluer ...