Space telescope maps star’s ‘death spiral’ into a black hole

Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the Sun wandered too close to the central black hole of its galaxy

NASA selects mission to study black holes up close

A mission that will allow astronomers to explore the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic objects in the universe has been announced

Most luminous, energetic pair of stars found outside Milky Way

The dual-star system produces a cyclic flood of gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light

Most Earth-like planet most likely to be uninhabitable

The exoplanet could have been made hostile by vast quantities of radiation

5 facts about binary stars

5 Amazing facts about these stellar twins

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