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

The concept of two black holes orbiting one another has been theorized for many years, but recent satellite photography may ...

After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, which swirls inward until it eventually vanishes into a gravitational ...

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 ...

A new study may visually solve an enduring mystery about a bright object that's been studied since the 19th century ...

Astronomers from the University of Southampton made the unexpected discovery while examining an infant galaxy 12 billion ...

Astronomers have witnessed something that no one believed possible: a black hole ripping apart a star not at the center of a ...

Supermassive black holes stand out for their fundamental role in the evolution of galaxies and the history of the universe.

One of the most epic cosmic explosions ever seen may have been caused by a black hole infiltrating a star and destroying it ...

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...