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

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

Astronomers have discovered a third star in the V404 Cygni system, now a rare triple black hole system 8,000 light-years away. This finding challenges ...

This unique find, identified as V404 Cygni, is located 8,000 light-years away in our own Milky Way. In this trio, a black hole voraciously consumes its close companion star, while a distant star ...

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 ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon something truly remarkable: a black hole that's not just part of a binary system, but part of ...

Astronomers have discovered a third star in the V404 Cygni system, now a rare triple black hole system 8,000 light-years away. This finding challenges existing black hole formation theories ...