"The key result is that while many alternatives look very similar to the 'standard' black hole at today's image quality, the ...

Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

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

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

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

In a significant breakthrough, scientists have unraveled the mystery of cosmic rays, linking the ‘knee’ formation in their ...

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

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

At the heart of the Milky Way, just 27,000 light-years from Earth, there is a supermassive black hole with a mass of more than 4 million suns. Nearly all galaxies contain a supermassive black hole, ...

The flare came from a supermassive black hole that's 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one observed so far. It hails from a time when the universe was rather young. A ...

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