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

Black holes, regions of spacetime in which gravity is so strong that nothing can escape, are intriguing and extensively ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of an "impossible" merger between two black holes so massive and fast-spinning that ...

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

New simulations suggest magnetic fields hold the key to forming black holes that defy known mass limits. When powerful ...

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

Monster black holes entered the cosmic scene soon after the Universe’s birth and grew rapidly, reaching millions or even ...

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

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

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

A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...

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