Astronomers observe a star that quietly transformed into a black hole
World 13:00 13/02/2026WASHINGTON - The formation of a black hole can be quite a violent event, with a massive dying star blowing up and some of its remnants collapsing to form an exceptionally dense object with gravity so strong not even light can escape. But, as new observations indicate, the process sometimes can be a rather quiet affair.
Astronomers spot white dwarf that guzzled a Pluto-like world
World 16:32 27/09/2025WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with implications regarding the likelihood of habitable planets beyond our solar system.
Astronomers locate universe's 'missing' matter
World 09:19 17/06/2025WASHINGTON - The universe has two kinds of matter. There is invisible dark matter, known only because of its gravitational effects on a grand scale. And there is ordinary matter such as gas, dust, stars, planets and earthly things like cookie dough and canoes.
