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

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

"Once you consider magnetic fields, you can actually explain the origins of this unique event." Scientists have gotten to the ...

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...

What is a black hole? Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, forming when a massive star collapses ...

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

Learn more about the images advanced telescopes could take of black holes and how they could back up Einstein’s general ...

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

Astronomers have spotted the biggest flare ever seen erupting around a black hole, which also happens to be the most distant ...

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.

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