The flare is ongoing, meaning that the black hole is still actively consuming the star, like "a fish only halfway down the ...

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

Researchers have recorded the largest and most distant black hole flare to date, and the numbers around it are pretty ...

The only possibility left was an extraordinary one: a tidal disruption event, or TDE.

In a remarkable display of cosmic power, astronomers have detected the most potent black hole flare ever recorded. This ...

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

Astronomers caught a rogue black hole tearing apart a star 2,600 light-years from its galaxy’s center — a first-of-its-kind ...

The BOAT – or Brightest of All Time, a record that has yet to be beaten – was a gamma-ray burst accompanying a supernova ...

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.

Researchers have discovered the brightest and most powerful flare ever seen from a supermassive black hole. Located about 10 ...

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

A massive star was torn apart by a supermassive black hole, producing the most powerful and distant flare ever observed, ...