Did Betelgeuse Consume a Smaller Star?
Betelgeuse generates a lot of headlines. New research suggests that the star may have consumed a companion some time in the past.
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Betelgeuse generates a lot of headlines. New research suggests that the star may have consumed a companion some time in the past.
Cosmic Knife When massive stars run out of fuel, weird and spectacular things can happen. When these gas giants — churning with titanic nuclear fusion reactions — reach the end of their lifespan, it collapses into a bright fiery supernova. From there, in a process that scientists are still trying to understand fully, the remaining […]
A supernova that recently exploded in the Pinwheel Galaxy has revealed hitherto unknown information about the final days of the star that exploded.
Scientists might have found the most massive star to be seen ravaged by a supermassive black hole.
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton, astronomers have found evidence of a giant black hole disintegrating a star.