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Located 300 million light-years away, it shows significant brightness changes. Its black hole, one million times the Sun's mass, began emitting intense light. In a groundbreaking observation ...

A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black holes. In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black ...

The brutal star-destroying tidal disruption event is only the second ever seen in interacting galaxies. Astronomers have taken a detailed look at a rare and incredibly violent cosmic event ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers have discovered a massive black hole jet that is three times bigger than ...

Onori Astronomers have taken a detailed look at a rare and incredibly violent cosmic event resulting from an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole. The team behind the ...

A black hole is more than just a region of space where nothing escapes. It can also become a powerful cosmic engine. When matter spirals inward, falling into its grasp, the black hole doesn't just ...

When black holes emerge out of hiding to feast on their prey and some type of matter is sucked into their celestial maw, they begin to glow brightly. The events, dubbed “extreme nuclear ...

Black holes continue to grip our imagination. These cosmic powerhouses twist space and time so intensely that even light cannot escape once it crosses a certain boundary. Their defining edge—the ...