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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just completed the most detailed star map ever created of our neighboring Andromeda galaxy, measuring 200 million individual stars across two-thirds of its disk. The breakthrough gives scientists an unprecedented window into how galaxies like our own Milky Way evolve over billions of years.
For the first time, astronomers watched a massive star disappear and transform into a black hole without the usual supernova explosion. The discovery in the Andromeda galaxy could help scientists find countless hidden black holes across the universe.
For the first time, astronomers may have watched a massive star collapse into a black hole without exploding. The star, once visible from backyard telescopes in the Andromeda galaxy, simply faded into darkness over several years.
