At the center of a galaxy 10 billion light-years away, a supermassive black hole is the new record holder for brightest flare ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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

Learn about the closest black hole from Earth, Gaia BH1. This recently discovered black hole is dormant, but it’s only 1,600 ...