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When supermassive stars are born, they're almost always paired with a twin, and the two stars normally orbit one another. But astronomers at UCLA's Galactic Center Group and the Keck Observatory have analyzed over a decade's worth of data…

The Maple Leafs are back under pressure -- and under the microscope. Having finally won a playoff series for the first time in 19 years when John Tavares banked in the Game 6 overtime clincher to beat the Tampa…

Once every 10,000 years or so, the center of a galaxy lights up as its supermassive black hole rips apart a passing star. This "tidal disruption event" happens in a literal flash, as the central black hole pulls in stellar material and…

If you are visiting the hills this summer, do not forget to go for a trek with your loved ones or just by yourself. (Image: shutterstock)While these destinations may be cheaper, they still offer stunning views, exciting adventure…

Quirks and Quarks16:47UK science star Brian Cox’s new book explores how we might live in a black holeBlack hole research in the last few years is revealing a tantalizing new view of the very nature of time and space.In his new book,…

A patch of pure nothing in a faraway galaxy has lately become the gravitational center of attention for radio astronomers. That would be a giant black hole, with the gravity of 6.5 billion suns, that spits high-energy particles from the…

For the first time, astronomers have observed, in the same image, the shadow of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) and the powerful jet expelled from it. The observations were done in 2018 with telescopes from the…

The handsome black singer, Harry Bellafonte who became wildly popular back in the 1950s is dead. He sang at a time when it was rare for Black entertainers to have white audiences, but Bellafonte with his rich, mellifluous voice and distinct…

The second-deepest blue hole in the world has been discovered off the coast of the Yucatan…

WINNIPEG — The hits keep on coming and the mountain left for the Winnipeg Jets to climb just got a whole lot steeper. Just like that, the margin for error has gone from slim to none. With one more misstep or bad break, this season…