Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

Most of these astrophysical monsters are stars with various behavioral issues, such as explosive supernovae or ridiculously ...

By Leah CraneA nearby galaxy once thought to be dominated by dark matter seems to have a surprise supermassive black hole at ...

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Falling into a black hole causes time dilation, infinite visual copies, and eventual destruction at the singularity, with ...

An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way's tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists ...

A black hole far from its galactic center has unleashed the fastest, brightest radio flares ever seen from a star’s destruction. For the first time, astronomers have detected a tidal disruption event ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

For the first time, scientists observed a black hole tearing apart a star far from its galaxy’s center, producing the fastest ...

For the first time, scientists have the calculations and simulations to explain mysterious flashes from the galaxy OJ 287.

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. But there's an open question in ...