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Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

In the sky, Gaia BH3 is located about 2,000 light years away in the constellation Aquila and appears to be a passive black ...

A neutrino with 30 times more energy than any previously seen on Earth was detected by an unfinished observatory at the ...

But once its fuel runs out, gravity wins: the star implodes, and most of its mass becomes either a neutron star—an ultradense object about the size of a city—or a black hole. The rest explodes ...

2023adsv also exploded with around twice the energy of the average supernova triggered by nearby massive stars. —Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's ...

A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.

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