Like ocean surf smashing on a sandy beach, enormous waves of plasma may crash onto the surface of one massive star. The star is part of a pair, stretched and pulled by its companion’s gravity. That ...

During 2024, onlookers observed a startling sight on China's Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the "matrix tide," this complex wave pattern was caused by the river's famed ...

Astronomers recently used computer simulations to study the rise and fall of gargantuan tides on a distant massive star. 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, MACHO 80.7443.1718 is ...

A new cosmic crime scene reconstruction tells the full story of a star ripped apart by a ravenous black hole, revealing a previously unknown aspect of these tidal disruption events. When you purchase ...