Deep in space, some of the universe’s most dramatic events unfold when two extreme objects—like a black hole and a neutron ...

One of the papers, published last year, describes the simulated results of quakes on the surface of neutron stars before they ...

Black holes are some of the most mysterious and fascinating objects in the universe, known for their immense gravitational pull that nothing, not even light, can escape. But among them, there are ...

A new simulation by researchers shows how a neutron star violently cracks seconds before vanishing into a black hole.

Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings ...

Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole located on the outskirts of a galaxy 600 million light-years from Earth, where it was observed consuming a nearby star. This extraordinary ...

Now, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a black hole in the act of devouring a star, ripping it apart and creating a huge burst of radiation. It was this radiation burst ...

Now, though, NASA has actually watched a black hole eat a star. To get a good view of the ... or tinkering with something on his computer.

“People were concerned that you might not get any merging black holes.” Evidence has accrued that they do merge. Last year, observations of the subtle movements of pulsating stars known as a pulsar ...

"Black holes are not able to eat all that much," Price told ... "Essentially, we threw a star at a black hole inside the computer," Price said. "Specifically, we spent a long time trying to ...

Giant black ... shredded star gets slurped towards the black hole, only 1 percent of it is actually swallowed. The rest ends up being blown away from the black hole in a sort of cosmic “burp.” ...

Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole eating a giant star in the biggest and brightest example of this powerful event ever seen. It could be the missing link that helps us understand ...