Data from the NSF-funded Zwicky Transient Facility pinpointed the energy source: J2245+3743, an active galactic nucleus 500 ...

What does it take to outshine 10 trillion suns? In the case of the cosmic flare nicknamed “Superman,” the answer is a ...

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

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

A black hole ate its way into the record books after devouring a star and creating a celestial outburst that burned with the ...

It came from nothing less than a supermassive black hole located at the center of a distant galaxy. Although the event ...

This week, researchers reported finding a spider megacity in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border, and experts say that ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole flare, the largest seen in the universe, and it may be making a meal of ...

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

N obody does it better than supermassive black hole J2245+3743. It is a bright, active galactic nucleus (AGN), with a mass ...