The Flavor of Neutrinos Could Determine How a Large Star Dies
A new study reveals that neutrino flavors could play a decisive role in the fate of massive stars, dictating whether they erupt into a supernova or collapse directly into a black hole.
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Supermassive black hole blasts out a neon 'treble clef' | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2026
A peculiar cosmic feature resembling a glowing neon treble clef has been revealed as an energetic radio structure powered by a distant supermassive black hole.
Shredded star reveals a massive black hole wandering far from its galaxy's center
Astronomers have detected a massive black hole tearing apart a star more than 1,000 parsecs from its galaxy's center. The tidal disruption event, TDE 2023mfm, was tracked across multiple observatories.
New evidence points to two feeding black holes just 175 parsecs apart lurking in the early universe
Astronomers have discovered two actively feeding supermassive black holes separated by only 175 parsecs in a galaxy observed when the universe was roughly 2 billion years old.
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