In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring these two objects together, then their collision will create a single object ...

Named GW 231123 after the date it was recorded on 23 November 2023, it's the most massive black hole collision we've seen yet, resulting in an object heavier than 225 Suns. Previously, the most ...

The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their ...

Astronomers have detected the largest black hole merger ever, and it has challenged their understanding of such formations.

For years, scientists have predicted that in about 3.75 billion years, our Milky Way galaxy would collide with its massive neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. This cataclysmic event was thought to be a ...

Astronomers have been aware of cosmic vampires, dead stars that hungrily strip plasma from victim stars, for some time. New ...

Everything about the Infinity Galaxy, recently discovered by the JWST, is strange. One odd feature could be the 1st evidence ...

Two black holes have collided on November 23, 2023, and it’s changing everything scientists thought they knew about the creation of them.

The researchers are members of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) collaboration, a global network of scientists detecting ...

Something mysterious is happening out there — and it’s heading our way. Scientists have spotted strange space explosions ...