A black hole has shredded a massive star like it was "preparing a snack for lunch," according to a team of scientists at the ...

We discovered what we think is a black hole merging with a massive companion star, shredding it into a disk that feeds the black hole. It’s a rare and awe-inspiring phenomenon,” said Daniel Perley, ...

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

Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole in its core. Whether the black hole forms first and then the galaxy around ...

Astronomers analyzed AT 2024wpp, the brightest LFBOT observed, confirming a black hole shredded a companion star, producing high-energy blue, ultraviolet, X-ray, and radio emissions.

Astronomers analyzing data from an array of telescopes — including the W. M. Keck Observatory atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island — determined that luminous fast blue optical transients are powered by an ...

A record-bright LFBOT exposes violent encounters between black holes and stars, helping astronomers understand extreme black ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Astronomers have detected what may be the most massive black ...

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