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

According to Josh Clarke from Clear It Waste: “Many won’t consider the safety implications of at-home fireworks this bonfire night, as well as the hundreds of pounds in costs that could be incurred as ...

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

Black holes can get energy boosts by ‘snacking’, although their dish of choice is rather different from our own. Analysis ...

Analysis suggests that the most luminous burst of light ever detected from a black hole — a fireworks show that was, at its peak, more than 10 trillion times brighter than the Sun — flared up as the ...

In a flare of light that traveled for 10 billion years to reach us, astronomers have identified the most powerful and most ...

A ‘superflare’ 10 trillion times brighter than the Sun is confirmed as the record-holder for both luminosity and distance.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Infant galaxies, distant quasars, exploding stars, mysterious black holes, colliding galaxies. Since its launch on ...

November will be at the forefront of advisers’ minds, with the chancellor expected to unveil an explosive Budget.

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, according to an international team of researchers led by Wout Goesaert (Leiden ...

Finnish scientists have shot two black holes orbiting each other, offering the first ever definitive proof that these intergalactic voids come in pairs, per a study published October 9 in the ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...