Two future ESA missions will provide a unique insight into enormous cosmic collisions with black holes
Rare black hole seen shredding a star
This kind of event has only been clearly seen at the centre of a galaxy before, not at the outer edges
Astronomers capture the beating of a black hole’s heart
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have revealed details about a giant black hole, located some 145 million light years away
Space telescope captures mysterious cosmic explosion
An odd flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained
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
Young magnetic star likely to be the slowest ever detected
Astronomers have found evidence for what is likely one of the most extreme pulsars, or rotating neutron stars, found
Black hole’s 300,000 light-year blast captured by space telescope
A giant jet spanning continuously for many light years is seen racing out of the galaxy Pictor A