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'Giant Star Disappears without Explosion': Rare Space Event Documented for Years

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Astronomers have reported one of the strangest phenomena recorded in decades: A massive, extremely bright star suddenly disappeared from the Andromeda galaxy — without leaving behind the glow typical of a supernova explosion. Instead, it appears to have collapsed directly into a black hole, in a continuous and silent process. The star, called M31-2014-DS1, was once one of the brightest in the Milky Way’s cosmic neighborhood, shining 100,000 time…
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Astronomers have reported one of the strangest phenomena recorded in decades: A massive, extremely bright star suddenly disappeared from the Andromeda galaxy — without leaving behind the glow typical of a supernova explosion. Instead, it appears to have collapsed directly into a black hole, in a continuous and silent process. The star, called M31-2014-DS1, was once one of the brightest in the Milky Way’s cosmic neighborhood, shining 100,000 time…

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kikar.co.il broke the news in on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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