"This was many times more energetic than any similar event and more than any known explosion powered by the collapse of a ...

Astronomers have captured the moment a supermassive black hole literally tore apart a super sun (one 30 times larger than our ...

Astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea discovered clear evidence that a supermassive black hole can reshape a ...

A groundbreaking study recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has revealed an ...

Humans are quite rightly fascinated by black holes, but could we ever harness them as an energy source? New research poses this question in order to explore some of the most wonderous cosmic events.

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

A team of researchers recently reported the discovery of AT2024wpp, an extremely energetic event involving a black hole and a massive star locked in a deadly ...

Artist’s impression of the accretion disc around the massive black hole Ansky and its interaction with a small celestial object. (European Space Agency via Courthouse News) (CN) - Astronomers have ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of ...

Astronomers have obtained the sharpest-ever X-ray spectrum of an iconic active galaxy, providing the most accurate, precise ...

Black holes are eaters of all things, even radiation. But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect? A new study published in Physical Review Letters suggests that black holes ...