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

Researchers have recorded the largest and most distant black hole flare to date, and the numbers around it are pretty ...

The flare is ongoing, meaning that the black hole is still actively consuming the star, like "a fish only halfway down the ...

This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30 times the mass ...

A distant black hole has been caught releasing the brightest flare ever, which is the result of it ripping apart and ...

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.

The BOAT – or Brightest of All Time, a record that has yet to be beaten – was a gamma-ray burst accompanying a supernova ...

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

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

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

Astronomers have recorded the most luminous flare ever emitted by a black hole—an event so extreme it briefly outshone the ...

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