Data from the NSF-funded Zwicky Transient Facility pinpointed the energy source: J2245+3743, an active galactic nucleus 500 ...

This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30 times the mass ...

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic ...

Astronomers spotted a flaring black hole that may be consuming a star at least 30 times more massive than the sun. At its ...

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought ...

Scientists are observing the most energetic flare ever seen emanating from a supermassive black hole, apparently caused when ...

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever seen, astronomers say.

A colossal black hole 10 billion light-years away has been caught devouring one of the universe’s biggest stars, unleashing a ...

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) black hole 10 billion light-years away, J2245+3743, made the biggest and brightest flare ever ...

A supermassive black hole violently gobbled up an enormous star, producing a gargantuan cosmic outburst, according to a new ...