Earth will meet a similar fate in 5 billion years.
The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts.
Current measurements of black holes are not enough to nail down how the invisible giants form in the universe, researchers say.
The observations could illuminate how supermassive black holes feed and grow.
New observations show the deepest parts of the quasar's plasma jet in a project led by MIT Haystack Observatory.
The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction.
A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.
The clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts may originate from a distant neutron star.
Just 33 light years from Earth, the system appears to host two rocky, Earth-sized planets.
Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.
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