There's evidence out there for the supernova model of black hole formation. This is when a dying star erupts in a colossal ...

A third, tenuously held companion to the known binary V404 Cygni may signal that at least some black holes form "gently." ...

Researchers have discovered something groundbreaking in the world of astrophysics—an incredible system where not one, but a ...

Scientists studying a well-known black hole have made a new discovery about it, maintaining that they have found the first … ...

An illustration shows the black hole of V404 Cygni feeding from a stellar victim as a more cautious star in the system keeps its distance. | Credit: NASA Astronomers have discovered the first ...

An artist's rendition of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cygni. This is the first time a black hole triple has been discovered. An artist's rendition of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cygni.

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We have a particular preference for vertically scrolling shooters and that just happens to be what Cygni is, including some ...

Stellar-mass black holes typically form after a star goes supernova and collapses. However, the discovery of the first-ever triple black hole system, V404 Cygni, complicates that picture. This black ...

There, a black hole in a system named V404 Cygni repeatedly engages in behavior that has simultaneously baffled and delighted scientists. Now it's whipped a brand new trick out of its seemingly ...