What we know of the birth of a black hole has traditionally aligned with our perception of black holes themselves: dark, mysterious, and eerily quiet, despite their mass and influence. Stellar-mass ...
The binary system Apep has a stack of four nested dust shells around two Wolf-Rayet stars. A third star creates a wedge-shaped gap in the pattern. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Yinuo Han / Ryan White / ...
"Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of ...
A 'prelude to a supernova' is how NASA describes this stunning new James Webb Space Telescope image of Wolf-Rayet Star WR 124 ...
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 and ...
A star system 5,000 light-years from Earth, surrounded by layers of dust, could help scientists better understand the final stages of stellar life. Reading time 3 minutes The Webb Space Telescope just ...
In brilliant new images, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured a rare glimpse at the gaseous "shrouds" that surround dying stars before they go supernova. Known as Wolf-Rayet stars, which were ...
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that an exceptionally rare star duo in the Milky Way has a third companion — and it's a monster. The star system, named Apep after the Egyptian god of ...
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