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

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 ...

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

During the 1950s, the study of the cosmos was revolutionized with the introduction of radio astronomy. In the ensuing decades, astronomers detected numerous bright radio sources that they designated ...

Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed ...

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

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. Americans are bracing for chaos at major US airports today, with more flights set to be canceled in the coming hours due to ...

Portuguese researchers predict that Europe's future space observatory will detect hundreds of thousands of supermassive black ...

For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Auroras could be visible — especially in darker, rural areas — in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, New ...

Astronomers have captured the most powerful and farthest black hole flare ever recorded—a cosmic light show so bright it ...