For the first time, astronomers have gotten a detailed look at how a supermassive black hole (SMBH) eats, discovering two ...

A strange cosmic trail discovered in a galaxy is intriguing astronomers with its exceptional dimensions and origin. This ...

Astronomers have recently made a breakthrough studying the supermassive black hole M87*, a behemoth six and a half billion ...

A black hole far from its galactic center has unleashed the fastest, brightest radio flares ever seen from a star’s destruction. For the first time, astronomers have detected a tidal disruption event ...

For the first time, scientists observed a black hole tearing apart a star far from its galaxy’s center, producing the fastest ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. (Main) An illustration of a feeding supermassive black hole "burping" jets of high-speed matter. ...

Astronomers saw past the blinding light of a quasar, only to find a supermassive black hole that's much smaller than theoretical predictions. reading time 2 minutes All galaxies have a supermassive ...

Primordial black holes that formed during the earliest moments of the universe could have swollen quickly to supermassive sizes, complex cosmological simulations have revealed. The discovery could ...

NEW YORK -- A star was shredded apart by a black hole and a scientist's keen observation set off a chain of events that allowed the phenomenon to be captured on several different satellite cameras.

The equivalent of 104 Earths per year flows toward the black hole, causing some serious indigestion. Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so ...