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Astronomers Trace Andromeda Star's Quiet Collapse Into a Black Hole

A Science study ties a 2014 infrared outburst to an optical disappearance consistent with direct collapse.

Science Study Details Andromeda Star’s Disappearance, Pointing to Black Hole Birth

EHT Pinpoints Likely Base of M87’s 3,000-Light-Year Jet Near Black Hole

NASA’s SPHEREx Releases First Full-Sky Infrared Map in 102 Colors

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

GRAVITY+ Laser Guide Stars Open Southern Sky for VLTI After First Tests

First Radio-Bright Tidal Disruption Event Found Outside a Galaxy’s Core Shows Record-Fast Flares

First Radio Image Resolves Two Supermassive Black Holes in Quasar OJ287

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

EHT Finds Magnetic Field Flip at M87* and Traces Jet Base in Multi‑Year Study

Astronomers Measure First Black-Hole Recoil, Tracing Newborn’s 3D Flight From 2019 Merger

Webb Reveals 8-Light-Year Protostellar Jet, Bolstering Massive-Star Formation Theory

CHIME Outriggers Pinpoint Record-Bright Fast Radio Burst to Nearby Spiral Galaxy

Space VLBI Captures Ribbon-Like Jet and Shock Wave at Core of Blazar OJ 287

New 'Dark Dwarfs' Theory Proposes Substellar Objects Fueled by Dark Matter

Supermassive Black Holes Could Serve as Natural Particle Colliders