The brutal star-destroying tidal disruption event is only the second ever seen in interacting galaxies.

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Despite residing in one of the galaxy's most extreme star-forming environments — just 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — and containing vast reserves of ...

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

Astronomers have spotted an apparent supermassive black hole snacking on a star 600 million light-years away, wandering through a galaxy with an even larger black hole at its core.

“The classic location where you expect massive black holes to be in a galaxy is in the center, like our Sag A* at the center of the Milky Way,” explained lead researcher Yuhan Yao of UC Berkeley.

Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption event has been seen in interacting galaxies.