Falling into a black hole may sound like something from a science fiction movie, but it is a very real phenomenon studied by ...

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...

In a cosmic spectacle of unprecedented scale, astronomers have witnessed a black hole emitting a flare of staggering intensity, outshining the sun by a factor of 10 trillion. This extraordinary event, ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Scientists are observing the most energetic flare ever seen emanating from a supermassive black hole, apparently caused when ...

A colossal black hole 10 billion light-years away has been caught devouring one of the universe’s biggest stars, unleashing a ...

The Event Horizon Telescope only recently gave us the first images of the environment immediately surrounding a black hole.

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever seen, astronomers say.

Hubble’s stunning view of NGC 4102 reveals a seemingly calm spiral galaxy hiding a quietly powerful supermassive black hole at its center. Wrapped in thick gas, the galaxy’s core glows softly across ...