The image reveals WOH G64 encased in an elongated, egg-shaped cocoon of gas and dust. This unique formation is likely related to the final stages of the star’s life cycle, with its peculiar ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has once again provided astronomers with invaluable insights into the mysteries of the universe. As part of its ongoing mission, Hubble captured the light emitted by a ...

It’s possible that the stellar life cycle, which is so crucial to the standard model of black hole formation, had nothing to do with the creation of the oldest supermassive black holes.

This data will help describe the beginning of the life cycle of a black hole, and will inform simulations of how black holes form and what makes a massive star form a neutron star rather than a ...

From their inception to their potential demise far in the future, black holes are a fascinating part of our universe—here's their story as we understand it now, from start to finish.

Now, about a year later, we know it's the first tidal disruption event—meaning a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole—identified at visual wavelengths.

In a statement about the new study, Gemini Observatory chief scientist Janice Lee said: “JWST touches on so many different phases of the stellar life cycle — all in tremendous resolution.

Every time this doomed star plunges through a supermassive black hole's accretion disk, it loses orbital energy and triggers a burst of X-rays.

Black holes caught devouring massive stars in biggest explosion since Big Bang The three examples astronomers highlighted in a new study describe supermassive black holes feasting on stars more ...

Galaxies brimming with stars and evidence of supermassive black holes can be seen in stunning photos captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Our galaxy isn’t the only one with a supermassive black hole at its centre. In fact astronomers think that almost all galaxies contain a similar giant black hole.