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Astronomers have spotted evidence that a distant star has wrapped itself around a supermassive black hole, a process known as "spaghettification."

Somebody Accreted My Spaghet!

The process is known as "spaghettification."

Scientist Spot Star That’s Been Stretched Out and Wrapped Around a Black Hole

Stars that are forming near each other actually compete for limited resources like cosmic gasses, according to a bizarre new discovery.

Hungry Hippos

A star's final size depends on how much gas it can claim for itself.

Astronomers Surprised to Find That Stars Compete With Each Other

Astronomers say they've found a new kind of signal coming from our galaxy's supermassive black hole, which they think are rapidly-rotating flare ups.

Black Hole Sun

Researchers say they're responsible for the supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies. 

Stars Apparently Used to Be Way, Way, Way Bigger

Astrophysicists just uncovered why some dying stars' supernovae appear to lack high-energy gamma ray bursts. A protective cocoon has been blocking them.

Ka-Boom

The universe may be even more brutal than we thought.

New Paper: Space Is Full of Naturally Occurring Atomic Bombs

A NASA satellite found a bizarre six-star solar system where each of the stars are paired up in gravitationally-bound binary systems.

Tasixine

"Just the fact that it exists blows my mind," a NASA scientist said.

Astronomers Discover Solar System With Six Stars

European Space Agency scientists put out a time-lapse video showing how the Milky Way galaxy will evolve over 400,00 years.

Star Navigation

Our whole galaxy — in the palm of your hand.

Dazzling Video Shows How Milky Way Will Evolve Over 400,000 Years

Billions of years from now, scientists predict that the Sun's hold on planets will wane and other stars will steal them out of the solar system.

Bon Voyage

Our Sun can't hold onto us forever.

Eventually, Other Stars Will Steal our Solar System’s Planets

Scientists identified a solar system with three stars that tore apart its own protoplanetary disc with the stars' bizarre orbits.

Oh, The Humanity

Stars can still form, but they'll have a rough time.

A Three-Star System Ripped Apart Its Own Protoplanetary Disc

Composer Brian Eno took recordings of the acoustic waves given off by stars and sped them up into a haunting new arrangement.

Original Nightcore

Stars constantly give off infrasound waves. Now artists sped them up so we can listen.

This Music Made by Stars Is Actually Extremely Beautiful

Scientists are closing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal from the "dark age" of the universe, an ancient era from before stars had formed.

Cosmic History

They're honing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal.

Scientists Hunting For Signs of the “Dark Age” Before Stars Formed

Scientists discovered an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a star that resembles our Sun so nearly that it's almost like a mirror of our solar system.

Planet B

In distant space, astronomers found a star system strikingly similar to our own.

Astronomers Discover “Mirror Image” of Our Solar System

New research reveals that a certain class of star gives off rhythmic pulsations that are similar to a person's heartbeat.