DS1, collapsed into a black hole without exploding, revealing how stars die in silent “failed supernova” events.
NASA’s NEOWISE archival data tracks a massive star in Andromeda fading quietly into a black hole, providing detailed observations of stellar collapse and gas expulsion from 2005 to 2023.
Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an "extremely stripped supernova." Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...