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 ...

The only possibility left was an extraordinary one: a tidal disruption event, or TDE.

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

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

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 ...

Researchers find an incredible flare from supermassive black hole J2245+3743, shining brighter than ever recorded in history.

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

Artist’s interpretation of two massive black holes (MBHs) within a galaxy. A tidal disruption event unfolds around the MBH that resides away from the galactic center and matter from a disrupted star ...

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