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Published Strong evidence for intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri



Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at t...
Published Hubble directly measures mass of a lone white dwarf - Hubble Directly Measures Mass of a Lone White Dwarf


Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf -- the surviving core ...
Published Artificial intelligence discovers secret equation for 'weighing' galaxy clusters - Artificial Intelligence Discovers Secret Equation for 'Weighing' Galaxy Clusters


Astrophysicists have leveraged artificial intelligence to uncover a better way to estimate the mass ...
Published Weigh a quasar's galaxy with precision - Weigh a Quasar's Galaxy with Precision



Scientists have managed to weigh -- more precisely than any other technique -- a galaxy hosting a qu...
Published Stars determine their own masses - Stars Determine Their Own Masses: A New Discovery in Astrophysics


Using new simulations, astrophysicists discovered that star formation is a self-regulatory process....
Published Extreme weight loss: Star sheds unexpected amounts of mass just before going supernova



A newly discovered nearby supernova whose star ejected up to a full solar mass of material in the ye ...
Published Medium and mighty: Intermediate-mass black holes can survive in globular clusters



New research demonstrated a possible formation mechanism of intermediate-mass black holes in globula ...
Published Another intermediate-mass black hole discovered at the center of our galaxy



So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. Th ...
Published New simulations refine axion mass, refocusing dark matter search - New Simulations Refine Axion Mass, Refocusing Dark Matter Search


Axions are today's most popular candidate for dark matter, and numerous experiments are trying to de...
Published Planet-forming disks around very low-mass stars are different



Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers studied the properties of a planet-formi...
Published Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths'-worth of star every time it passes


Massive burst of X-rays detected by astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth bur ...
Published M87 in 3D: New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its core - M87 in 3D: New View of Galaxy Helps Pin Down Mass of the Black Hole at Its Core



From Earth, giant elliptical galaxies resemble highly symmetric blobs, but what's their real 3D stru...
Published New exoplanet discovery builds better understanding of planet formation


An international team of scientists have discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-m...
Published Death of a star reveals midsize black hole lurking in a dwarf galaxy - Death of a Star Reveals Midsize Black Hole Lurking in a Dwarf Galaxy


An intermediate-mass black hole lurking undetected in a dwarf galaxy revealed itself to astronomers ...
Published Mysterious death of carbon star plays out like six-ring circus - Mysterious Death of Carbon Star Plays Out Like Six-Ring Circus


Scientists studying V Hydrae (V Hya) have witnessed the star's mysterious death throes in unpreceden...
Published The metalens meets the stars



Researchers have developed a 10-centimeter-diameter glass metalens that can image the sun, the moon...
Published Exploding stars



When massive stars or other stellar objects explode in the Earth's cosmic neighborhood, ejected debr...
Published Lone Star State: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way



Astronomers have discovered a rare hypervelocity L subdwarf star racing through the Milky Way. More...
Published Gravitational wave search no hum drum hunt - Gravitational Wave Search: No Hum Drum Hunt


The hunt for the never before heard 'hum' of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars...
Published Astronomers identify likely location of medium-sized black holes - Astronomers Identify Likely Location of Medium-Sized Black Holes


Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find but a new study indicates there may be so ...