A stunning new image released by NASA on March 19, 2026, reveals Westerlund 2, a cluster of stars glowing in neon pink, ...

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A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...