Instead of just pointing in one direction, like most black hole jets, this one is sweeping in a curvy S-shaped pathway.

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...

For decades, astronomers have known that supermassive black holes lurk at the hearts of essentially all large galaxies, ...

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up ...

Every now and again, a stellar object is caught zooming across space like a white rabbit, extremely late for a very important date. Now, for the first time, astronomers have confirmed a supermassive ...

Black holes are often considered terrors of the known universe. Supermassive black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to ...

"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Primordial black holes that formed during the earliest moments of the universe could have swollen ...

Astronomers have detected the first tidal disruption event (TDE), designated AT2024tvd, occurring 2,600 light-years outside its host galaxy's core, exhibiting intense, rapidly evolving radio signals.

When black holes emerge out of hiding to feast on their prey and some type of matter is sucked into their celestial maw, they begin to glow brightly. The events, dubbed “extreme nuclear transients,” ...

Researchers believe the 'ultramassive' black hole is big enough to be the largest of its kind ever detected. Black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light ...

A new simulation could help solve one of astronomy’s longstanding mysteries—how supermassive black holes formed so rapidly—along with a new one: What are the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) ...