James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

You might think astronomers have seen it all, but the universe still throws us occasional new mysteries to keep us on our ...

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A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at ...

The flare has been going on for seven years as a supermassive black hole consumes a massive star that ventured too close.

Astronomers have observed an unprecedented flare from a black hole located in the AGN J2245+3743, 10 billion light-years away, marking the largest and most distant flare recorded.