A Cosmic Mystery: ESO Telescope Captures the Disappearance of a Massive Star
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 10:11
in Astronomy & Space
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An alternative explanation is that the star collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. […]