Astronomers have recorded the most luminous flare ever emitted by a black hole—an event so extreme it briefly outshone the ...
Astronomers spotted a flaring black hole that may be consuming a star at least 30 times more massive than the sun. At its ...
The BOAT – or Brightest of All Time, a record that has yet to be beaten – was a gamma-ray burst accompanying a supernova ...
A black hole ate its way into the record books after devouring a star and creating a celestial outburst that burned with the ...
Astronomers have detected the most distant and biggest black hole flare ever seen, the result of a black hole ripping apart ...
This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30 times the mass ...
A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever ...
Researchers have recorded the largest and most distant black hole flare to date, and the numbers around it are pretty ...
At its peak, 'Superman' was 30 times more luminous than any previously recorded black hole flare. The black hole involved is estimated to be 500 million times more massive than the Sun, while the ...
What can dormant black holes teach astronomers about tidal disruption events (TDEs), which is the bright flash observed when a black hole consumes a star that passes too close to it? This is what a ...
Astronomers caught a rogue black hole tearing apart a star 2,600 light-years from its galaxy’s center — a first-of-its-kind ...
Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.