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

These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.

News & Views Published: 26 November 2014 Astronomy Cosmic triangles and black-hole masses Martin Elvis Nature 515, 498–499 (2014) Cite this article ...

The black hole is located 11.6 billion light-years from Earth when the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the leftover glow from the Big Bang, was much denser than it is now.

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

Black holes are the notorious loners of the universe since getting close to them usually means catastrophic destruction. The latest victim who attempted friendship with one of these hungry giants ...

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

The Big Bang model begins with a point of infinite density where the laws of physics break down. This is a deep theoretical problem that suggests the beginning of the Universe is not fully understood, ...

[1] Weak cosmic censorship conjecture for the (2+1)-dimensional charged BTZ black hole in the Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet Gravity. Physics of the Dark Universe (2022).

It’s the largest black hole jet we’ve discovered to date. What makes this particular jet so exciting for astronomers is not only its size. It’s also estimated to be 1.2 billion years old.

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black hole, it gets torn apart in a fireworks show called a tidal disruption ...