The star used to be one of the brightest star in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.

Astronomers have witnessed a rare cosmic event: a massive star that didn’t explode in a spectacular supernova, but instead quietly collapsed into a black hole.

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's ...

In A Nutshell A massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy faded by more than 10,000 times over a decade and vanished from view, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite view of spiral galaxy NGC 1637 from the JWST and Hubble telescopes reveals the site ...

DS1, collapsed into a black hole without exploding, revealing how stars die in silent “failed supernova” events.

Their research was guided by a prediction from the 1970s: if a star collapses directly into a black hole, it should briefly ...

Astronomers tracked a star that slowly faded instead of exploding. The quiet disappearance may reveal a hidden way black ...

The main image at left shows a combined Webb and Hubble view of spiral galaxy NGC 1637, with the region of interest in the top right. The remaining three panels show a detailed view of a red ...